Osteoporosis in COPD outpatients based on bone mineral density and vertebral fractures

• Published in: Journal of bone and mineral research Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 561 - 568
• Main Authors: Graat‐Verboom, Lidwien, van den Borne, Ben EEM, Smeenk, Frank WJM, Spruit, Martijn A, Wouters, Emiel FM
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.03.2011; Wiley; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Absorptiometry, Photon; Aged; Biological and medical sciences; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITOMETRY; Bone Density - physiology; EPIDEMIOLOGY; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Male; Multivariate Analysis; OSTEOPOROSIS; Osteoporosis - complications; Osteoporosis - physiopathology; Outpatients; PTH; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - complications; Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - physiopathology; Regression Analysis; Skeleton and joints; Spinal Fractures - complications; Spinal Fractures - diagnostic imaging; Spinal Fractures - physiopathology; Vertebrates: osteoarticular system, musculoskeletal system; Lung disease; BONE DENSITOMETRY; Respiratory disease; PTH; Peptide hormone; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Fracture; Trauma; Epidemiology; Body composition; Osteoarticular system; Osteoporosis; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Parathyroid hormone; Bronchus disease; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Bone mineral density; Densitometry; Bone

One of the extrapulmonary effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is characterized by a low bone mineral density (BMD) and microarchitectural deterioration. Most studies in COPD patients use dual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry (DXA) only to determine osteop...