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- Title
Rate and circumstances of clinical vertebral fractures in older men.
- Authors
Freitas, S S; Barrett-Connor, E; Ensrud, K E; Fink, H A; Bauer, D C; Cawthon, P M; Lambert, L C; Orwoll, E S; Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Research Group
- Abstract
We examined the rate of clinical vertebral fractures, and the circumstances associated with the fractures, in a cohort of 5,995 US older men. Fractures were more common in the most elderly men, and were usually associated with falls and other low-energy trauma.
- Publication
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2008, Vol 19, Issue 5, p615
- ISSN
0937-941X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00198-007-0510-1