Disease burden of osteoporosis and other non-communicable diseases in Lebanon.
Aya BassatneH HarbB JaafarJ RomanosW AmmarGhada El-Hajj FuleihanPublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2020)
This first of its kind study in the Middle East demonstrates that osteoporosis is a common disease, more common than most feared NCDs. Our findings are comparable to those in western populations and justify placing osteoporosis on the top of NCDs' priority list in our country and possibly the region.