This observational study is looking at bone health in adolescents (ages 13-20) newly diagnosed with Crohn's disease (CD) compared to healthy adolescents. Researchers want to understand if CD leads to more fat in bone marrow, which could affect bone strength. They will use special MRI scans (Coronal T1 weighted spin echo images, Spin-lattice relaxation (T1) relaxometry, Magnetic resonance spectroscopy) to look at your bones and take blood samples to check markers related to bone formation and breakdown. The main goal is to see if adolescents with new CD diagnoses have increased bone marrow fat and how that relates to bone mineral density over one year. You can join if you've been diagnosed with Crohn's disease within the last 3 months, or if you are a healthy control, and do not have other conditions or medications that affect bone health.

Study design

This is an observational study comparing 46 adolescents with newly diagnosed Crohn's disease to 46 healthy adolescents.

What's involved

You would undergo MRI scans and blood draws at the beginning of the study and again after one year.

Compensation

Not stated in the trial record.

Follow-up

Participants will be followed for one year after their initial assessments.

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