Background Quantification of the disease burden caused by different risks informs
prevention by providing an account of health loss different to that provided by a disease-by-disease …

VER THE YEARS many definitions of osteoporosis have been 0 offered to describe variously
the outcome events (fragility fractures), the process giving rise to porous bones, or the …

P with each other in a variety of arcane languages, which in general are unintelligible to
those outside the field. Many in the bone and mineral scientific community would like to keep …

The diagnosis of osteoporosis centres on the assessment of bone mineral density (BMD).
Osteoporosis is defined as a BMD 2·5 SD or more below the average value for premenopausal …

A fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX™) is developed based on the use of clinical risk factors
with or without bone mineral density tests applied to the UK. Introduction The aim of this …

This report describes the epidemiology, burden, and treatment of osteoporosis in the 27
countries of the European Union (EU27). Introduction Osteoporosis is characterized by reduced …

The criteria required for an effective screening strategy for osteoporosis are largely met in
Caucasian women. The disease is common and readily diagnosed by the measurement of …

Before publication of the original version of this report in 1987, practitioners of bone
histomorphometry communicated with each other in a variety of arcane languages, which in general …

The relationship between BMD and fracture risk was estimated in a meta‐analysis of data
from 12 cohort studies of ∼39,000 men and women. Low hip BMD was an important predictor …

… JA Kanis … JA Kanis, C. Cooper, … on behalf of the Scientific Advisory Board of the European
Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis (ESCEO) and the Committees of …