Obesity is not protective against fracture in postmenopausal women: GLOW.

Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

Compston, Juliet E; Watts, Nelson B; Chapurlat, Roland; Cooper, Cyrus; Boonen, Steven; Greenspan, Susan; Pfeilschifter, Johannes; Silverman, Stuart; Díez-Pérez, Adolfo; Lindsay, Robert; Saag, Kenneth G; Netelenbos, J Coen; Gehlbach, Stephen; Hooven, Frederick H; Flahive, Julie; Adachi, Jonathan D; Rossini, Maurizio; LaCroix, Andrea Z; Roux, Christian; Sambrook, Philip N; Siris, Ethel S

Source:

The American journal of medicine, Volume 124, Issue 11, p.1043-50 (2011)

Keywords:

2011, November 2011, Public Health Sciences Division

Abstract:

To investigate the prevalence and incidence of clinical fractures in obese, postmenopausal women enrolled in the Global Longitudinal study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW).