Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Community-Based Osteoporosis and Associated Fractures in Beijing: Study Protocol for a Cross-Sectional and Prospective Study

Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Community-Based Osteoporosis and Associated Fractures in Beijing: Study Protocol for a Cross-Sectional and Prospective Study

Background: Osteoporosis (OP) patients are usually asymptomatic until osteoporotic fractures occur, which makes early diagnosis and prevention difficult, and the associated fractures secondary to OP could be preventable with appropriate management. Therefore, early identification and relevant eviden...

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Main Authors: Menghua Sun, Yili Zhang, Hao Shen, Kai Sun, Baoyu Qi, Chenchen Yu, Yingjie Zhi, Ranxing Zhang, Junjie Jiang, Yan Chai, Xu Wei, Yanming Xie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
osteoporosis
osteoporotic fracture
cross-sectional study
follow-up
Chinese medicine
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2020.544697/full

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