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An update of the prevalence of osteoporosis, fracture risk factors, and medication use among community-dwelling older adults: results from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

SUMMARY: The prevalence of self-reported and DXA-confirmed osteoporosis was 7.8% (males 2.2%; females 12.7%), and 3.6% (males 1.2%; females 5.9%), respectively. We found that most community-dwelling older adults at high fracture risk are not taking osteoporosis medication, particularly males. There...

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Autores principales: McArthur, Caitlin, Lee, Ahreum, Alrob, Hajar Abu, Adachi, Jonathan D., Giangregorio, Lora, Griffith, Lauren E., Morin, Suzanne, Thabane, Lehana, Ioannidis, George, Lee, Justin, Leslie, William D., Papaioannou, Alexandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer London 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8816745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35122160
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11657-022-01073-1