Bone Abstracts

see P342....

Background and Aim: Smoking increases fracture risk and contributes to COPD-associated osteoporosis. However, its impact on bone metabolism is largely unknown. We thus aimed to determine the effect of smoking cessation on bone metabolism.Subject and Method: In this prospective study, we recruited 29 healthy Japanese male subjects with smoking habit (37.7±8.2 years old, 16.9±11.3 pack years). Pulmonary function test was done before smoking cessa...