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Introduction This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the relationship between abdominal aortic calcification (AAC), which is a marker of vascular calcification, and volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) by quantitative computed tomography (QCT) in maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients. Methods All participants underwent lumbar vertebral vBMD measurement by QCT. Eight cross-sections were extracted sequentially and analyzed by ImageJ software to obtain the ratio of the calcified area to the abdominal aortic area (the calcification ratio). The AAC score was determined by the sum of the calcification ratios. The relationship between AAC and vBMD was analyzed using multivariate logistic regression. Results Ninety MHD patients (58.89% male) with a mean age of 63.43 (standard deviation [SD] = 13.20) years were included in the study. AAC was present (AAC score &gt; 0) in 93.33% of the patients. The 75th percentile of the AAC score corresponding to 119 was used as the cutoff point between the mild and severe groups. After full adjustment in the logistic model, AAC was found to be inversely associated with vBMD (odds ratio [OR], 0.970; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.944 to 0.996;  P  = 0.025), and patients with osteoporosis had a significantly higher risk of severe AAC than those with normal bone mass (OR, 14.498; 95% CI, 1.507 to 139.486;  P  = 0.021). The independent inverse association was still stable after adjusting for variables measured at different time periods and using different cutoff points of the AAC score. Conclusion There was an independent inverse association between AAC and vBMD, and osteoporosis was significantly associated with severe AAC in patients with MHD.

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Relationship of abdominal aortic calcification with lumbar vertebral volumetric bone mineral density assessed by quantitative computed tomography in maintenance hemodialysis patients