Background Studies from high income countries (HIC) have generally shown higher osteoporotic fracture rates in urban areas than rural areas. Low bone mineral density (BMD) increases susceptibility to
The prevalence of low bone mineral density (BMD) among female athletes is higher than that among their male counterparts up to 40%. Low BMD increases the risk of stress fractures. To examine factors a
Incidence and adjusted hazard ratio of osteoporosis / fragility fracture stratified by sex, age, comorbidity, oral steroid used and follow-up time between with and without respiratory tuberculosis coh
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the prevalence of osteoporosis and hypovitaminosis D among patients at the Siriraj Metabolic Bone Disease (MBD) Clinic, and to compare initial vitamin D levels in patie
