The impact of oral corticosteroid use on bone mineral density and vertebral fracture.
Walsh LJ, Lewis SA, Wong CA, Cooper S, Oborne J, Cawte SA, Harrison T, Green DJ, Pringle M, Hubbard R, Tattersfield AE.
Walsh LJ, et al. Among authors: tattersfield ae.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002 Sep 1;166(5):691-5. doi: 10.1164/rccm.2110047.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002.
PMID: 12204867
The difference in femoral neck BMD between the same dose quartiles was only modest, however (0.5 SD; 95% confidence interval, 0.09, 0.94). In patients taking long-term oral corticosteroids for chronic lung disease, the relationship between vertebral fracture risk and BMD i …
The difference in femoral neck BMD between the same dose quartiles was only modest, however (0.5 SD; 95% confidence interval, 0.09, 0.94). I …