Obesity, health-care utilization, and health-related quality of life after fracture in postmenopausal women: Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW).

Fractures may be associated with higher morbidity in obese postmenopausal women than in nonobese women. We compared health-care utilization, functional status, and health-related quality of life (HRQL) in obese, nonobese, and underweight women with fractures. Information from the GLOW study, started...

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Main Authors: Compston, J, Flahive, J, Hooven, F, Anderson, F, Adachi, J, Boonen, S, Chapurlat, R, Cooper, C, Díez-Perez, A, Greenspan, S, LaCroix, A, Lindsay, R, Netelenbos, J, Pfeilschifter, J, Roux, C, Saag, K, Silverman, S, Siris, E, Watts, N, Gehlbach, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2014