Plasma osteoprotegerin, arteria ...
Summary A high circulating osteoprotegerin (OPG) level may be a risk factor for vascular calcification and mortality in hemodialysis patients. OPG a ...
Vitamin D in organ transplantat ...
Vitamin D deficiency is prevalent among patients with end-stage organ failure awaiting transplant. Low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD) levels in ...
Association of SMAD2 polymorphi ...
Summary In a candidate gene association study, we found that SMAD2 promoter alleles and haplotypes were significantly associated with bone mineral d ...
Sunlight and dietary contributi ...
Summary We assessed sunlight and dietary contributions to vitamin D status in British postmenopausal women. Our true longitudinal 25-hydroxyvitamin ...
Severity of vertebral fracture ...
Summary Severe vertebral fractures strongly predicted subsequent hip fracture in this population-based study. Such high-risk patients should be prov ...
Vitamin D status in relation to ...
Summary The various factors that may contribute to vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency were examined among healthy Saudi pre- and postmenopausal w ...
Change in hip fracture incidenc ...
Summary Controversies exist about the change in hip fracture incidence among countries. In France, over the last 6 years, the incidence in people ag ...
Combined vertebral fracture ass ...
Summary Vertebral Fracture Analysis enables the detection of vertebral fractures in the same session as bone mineral density testing. Using this met ...
Menopausal bone changes and inc ...
Summary The purpose of this study was to evaluate the rate of bone loss and incident fractures in women with diabetes mellitus (DM) across menopause ...
Variability in the measured res ...
Summary Apparent failures of bone mineral density (BMD) response to teriparatide at spine or hip occur even in a high compliance context (15% spine ...
Vertebral fracture risk (VFR) s ...
Summary Early prognosis of osteoporosis risk is not only important to individual patients but is also a key factor when screening for osteoporosis d ...
Changes in cortical bone respon ...
Summary Diabetic obesity is associated with increased fracture risk in adults and adolescents. We find in both adolescent and adult mice dramaticall ...
Growth in childhood predicts hi ...
Summary The incidence of hip fracture was estimated in 6,370 women born in Helsinki between 1934 and 1944. Women in the lowest quarter of adiposity ...
Vitamin D deficiency in HIV-inf ...
Summary We evaluated vitamin D status in HIV+ and HIV- postmenopausalAfrican-American (AA) andHispanicwomen. Most women (74-78%) had insufficient 25 ...
Proximal hip geometry and hip f ...
Summary The association between proximal femoral geometry and hip fracture risk were investigated. The risk of intertrochanteric fractures increased ...
The utility of BMD Z-score diag ...
Summary This very large dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) cohort confirmed a significant, inverse relationship between bone mineral density (BMD) Z-sc ...
Ethnic differences in femur geo ...
Summary Participants in the observational study of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) were studied to determine if ethnic differences in femur geom ...
Bone size and density measureme ...
Summary Using computed tomography (CT), we found the decreases in bone size of vertebrae and femur, cortical bone area (CBA) of femur and bone densi ...
Implementation of osteoporosis ...
Summary Implementation of case findings according to guidelines for osteoporosis in fracture patients presenting at a Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) ...
Longitudinal changes in calcane ...
Summary This longitudinal study examined how calcaneal quantitative ultrasound (QUS) measures change during childhood while taking into account skel ...
The association of serum 25-hyd ...
Summary We examined the association of serum 25- hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] with indices of bone quality in older men. Positive associations for 25( ...
Precompetitive and recreational ...
Summary Young recreational and precompetitive gymnasts had, on average, 23% greater bone strength at the wrist compared to children participating in ...
Calcium and vitamin-D supplemen ...
Summary A randomised controlled trial was used in assessing the impact of 6 months of daily calcium and vitamin-D supplementation on trabecular and ...
Guidance for the adjustment of ...
Summary We examined the effect of glucocorticoid dose on FRAX® derived fracture probabilities in a UK setting. A relatively simple adjustment of con ...
Genetic analysis of vertebral t ...
Summary We investigated 383 bone candidate genes for associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms and vertebral trabecular volumetric bone m ...