Figure 1.

Bone loss in 215 rheumatoid arthritis patients followed for 2 years. Bone loss assessed by digital X-ray radiogrammetry (DXR) bone mineral density (BMD) and metacarpal cortical index (MCI) of the hand, and by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) BMD of the hand, total hip and spine (L2–L4).