• Osteoporos Int · Mar 2018

    Independent association of bone mineral density and trabecular bone score to vertebral fracture in male subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

    • R Watanabe, N Tai, J Hirano, Y Ban, D Inoue, and R Okazaki.
    • Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Third Department of Medicine, Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center, 3426-3 Anesaki, Ichihara-shi, Chiba, 299-0111, Japan.
    • Osteoporos Int. 2018 Mar 1; 29 (3): 615-623.

    AbstractOsteoporosis is a major comorbidity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but the mechanism of bone fragility is unknown. We demonstrated that trabecular bone score, a parameter of bone quality, was associated with systemic inflammation and was a significant determinant of vertebral fracture independent of bone mineral density.

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