Table 2.

Comparison of bone microarchitecture (BMA) findings between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) subjects and controls.

Author^Ref	BMA Measures Higher in RA Subjects vs Controls	BMA Measures Lower in RA Subjects vs Controls	BMA Measures Comparable between RA Subjects and Controls	Note
Stach⁴⁹	NR	NR	NR	Cortical bone changes were evident in RA but direction and measures not specified
Fouque-Aubert⁴⁶	NR	TbTh	TbN, TbSp, TbSpSD, CtTh
Zhu³⁹	NR	BV/TV, Ct Area, CtTh, TbTh	Tb Area, TbN, TbSp
Barnabe²⁷	BV/TV, TbTh, TbN	CtTh	TbSp
Yang¹⁰	TbSp, TbSpSD	BV/TV, TbN	CtTh, CtPm, TbTh

NR: not reported; TbTh: trabecular thickness; TbN: trabecular number; TbSp: trabecular spacing; TbSpSD: standard deviation, trabecular spacing; CtTh: cortical thickness; BV/TV: bone volume/total volume ratio; Ct area: Cortical area; Tb area: trabecular area; CtPm: cortical perimeter.