Fracture Risk and Its Prevention Patterns in Korean Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica: a Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To evaluate the incidence of fractures and fracture risk factors in Korean patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR).

Methods

All PMR patients who visited a rheumatology clinic at a tertiary referral hospital between March 2005 and March 2018 were retrospectively assessed. We estimated bone mineral density (BMD) screening rate within 6 months of the first visit and classified the patients according to the performance and results of BMD screening. Incidence rates (IRs) of fractures were calculated in each group and risk factors for fractures were identified using Poisson regression analysis.

Results

A total of 95 PMR patients with median (interquartile range) age of 64.0 (56.0-72.0) years were included. Baseline BMD was assessed in only 55.8% of these patie

SUBMITTER: Nam B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8546306 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature