This paper provides a framework for the development of national guidelines for the management
of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis in men and women aged 18 years and over in …

Antiresorptive therapies are used to increase bone strength in individuals with osteoporosis
and include five principal classes of agents: bisphosphonates, estrogens, selective estrogen …

Risk of osteoporotic fracture in later life relates to both age and menopause-related bone
loss but also to peak bone density achieved in early adulthood. Several studies have shown …

BONE density achieved in early adulthood is the major determinant of risk of osteoporotic
fracture. Up to 60% of women 1,2 suffer osteoporotic fractures as a result of low bone density 2 …

Background Mortality increases after hip fractures in women and more so in men. Little is
known, however, about mortality after other fractures. We investigated the mortality associated …

The relative importance of genetic factors in determining bone mass in different parts of the
skeleton is poorly understood. Lumbar spine and proximal femur bone mineral density and …

This longitudinal population-based study documents the incidence of all symptomatic
fractures from 1989 to 1992 in an elderly, predominantly Caucasian population of males and …

Objective Degenerative intervertebral disc disease is common; however, the importance of
genetic factors is unknown. This study sought to determine the extent of genetic influences on …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence and incidence of clinical fractures in obese,
postmenopausal women enrolled in the Global Longitudinal study of Osteoporosis in Women (…

… Sambrook PhD… Sambrook PhD … Sambrook: writing the manuscript, designing the
research protocol, managing subject and data collection for the CHAMP cohort. …