Searchable abstracts of presentations at key conferences on calcified tissues

ba0003oc2.6 | Osteoporosis epidemiology | ECTS2014

Absolute fracture and mortality risk in patients with a recent non-vertebral fracture: the contribution of secondary osteoporosis or other metabolic bone disease (SECOB)

van Geel Tineke , Geusens Piet , Bours Sandrine , Wyers Caroline , van den Bergh Joop

Objective: To investigate whether patients with secondary osteoporosis or other metabolic bone disease (SECOB) have a higher re-fracture or mortality risk.Method: Patients with a recent non-vertebral fracture who visited the Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) of a hospital were prospectively followed for 2 years. Pearson Chi-square, FisherÂ’s Exact test, independent samples T-test, and Cox regression models were used.Results: In to...

ba0005oc1.5 | Clinical trials and osteoporosis treatment | ECTS2016

Secular trends in prescription incidence of different anti-osteoporotic drugs in the UK population aged 50 years or above from 1990 till 2012

van der Velde Robert , Wyers Caroline , Geusens Piet , van den Bergh Joop , de Vries Frank , Cooper Cyrus , vandeStaa Tjeerd-Pieter , Harvey Nicholas

Objective: To study the trends in prescription of different anti-osteoporotic drugs (AOD) in the UK population aged 50 years or above from 1990 till 2012.Methods: Retrospective observational study using the CPRD data link representative for the total UK population. The incidence of prescription of a specific AOD was calculated by dividing the number of prescriptions by the total person-years (py) of follow-up.Results: AOD prescript...