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A meta-analysis of prior corticosteroid use and fracture risk

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JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH
Volume 19, Issue 6, Pages 893-899

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1359/JBMR.040134

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corticosteroids; fracture risk; meta-analysis; fracture threshold

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The relationship between use of corticosteroids and fracture risk was estimated in a meta-analysis of data from seven cohort studies of similar to42,000 men and women. Current and past use of corticosteroids was an important predictor of fracture risk that was independent of prior fracture and BMD.

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