Background Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common form of arthritis and is often associated with
significant disability and impaired quality of life. This is an update of a Cochrane review first …

Background and Methods Osteoporosis is a recognized complication of corticosteroid
therapy. Whether it can be prevented is not known. We conducted a 12-month, randomized, …

Background: The Medical Outcomes Study 36-item Short Form (SF-36) is a widely used
measure of health-related quality of life. Normative data are the key to determining whether a …

Background: Fractures have largely been assessed by their impact on quality of life or health
care costs. We conducted this study to evaluate the relation between fractures and mortality…

Using prospective data from the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos), we
compared health utilities index (HUI) scores after 5 years of follow-up among participants (50 …

OBJECTIVE We aimed to explore whether frailty was associated with fracture risk and whether
frailty could modify the propensity of type 2 diabetes toward increased risk of fractures. …

Background: Previous research has shown that dietary patterns are related to the risk of several
adverse health outcomes, but the relation of these patterns to skeletal fragility is not well …

OBJECTIVE We aimed to assess whether individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) have increased
risk of vertebral fractures (VFs) and to estimate nonvertebral fracture and mortality risk …

Background Deviation from normal weight is associated with health risks, but less is known
about the association between weight and health-related quality of life (HRQOL). We …

Background Previous research has shown that underlying dietary patterns are related to the
risk of many different adverse health outcomes, but the relationship of these underlying …