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Ten-year incident osteoporosis-related fractures in the population-based Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study — Comparing site and age-specific risks in women and men

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Population-based incident fracture data aid fracture prevention and therapy decisions. Our purpose was to describe 10-year site-specific cumulative fracture incidence by sex, age at baseline, and degree of trauma with/without consideration of competing mortality in the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study adult cohort. METHODS: Incident fractures and mortality were identified by annual postal questionnaires to the participant or …

Authors

Prior JC; Langsetmo L; Lentle BC; Berger C; Goltzman D; Kovacs CS; Kaiser SM; Adachi JD; Papaioannou A; Anastassiades T

Journal

Bone, Vol. 71, , pp. 237–243

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

2 2015

DOI

10.1016/j.bone.2014.10.026

ISSN

8756-3282