The prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia in patients with severe chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) is high.
A higher platelet count and higher average National Institutes of Health organ score are associated with osteoporosis.
The femoral neck is the most frequently and most severely affected among the 3 sites studied.
Our findings suggest a possible independent role of cGVHD in post–allogeneic hemtopoietic stem cell transplantation osteoporosis.