The excess risk of major osteoporotic fractures in hypothyroidism is driven by cumulative hyperthyroid as opposed to hypothyroid time: An observational register-based time-resolved cohort analysis

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 898-905

  Abrahamsen, Bo ^a,b   Jørgensen, Henrik L ^c   Laulund, Anne Sofie ^d   Nybo, Mads ^d   Bauer, Doug C ^e   Brix, Thomas H ^d   Hegedüs, Laszlo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fracture risk assessment; Hypothyroidism; Osteoporosis; Thyroxine

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; TIME; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; THYROTROPIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927709161     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.2416     Document Type: Article

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