Baseline characteristics of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis treated with teriparatide in a real-world setting in Latin America: a subregional analysis from the Asia and Latin America Fracture Observational Study (ALAFOS).
Joao L Cunha-BorgesGuillermo Meléndez MierNoemí CasasAdriana MedinaJose Fernando MolinaMaria Laura GarcíaLindomar Guimarães OliveriaMarcela S CaselatoAngélica C CruzVanessa IppolitoSandra FlórezPublished in: Advances in rheumatology (London, England) (2019)
This baseline analysis of the Latin America subregion of the ALAFOS study indicates that patients who are prescribed teriparatide in the four participant countries had severe osteoporosis and high prevalence of fractures. They also had back pain and poor health-related quality of life. The proportions of patients with severe or extreme problems on the EQ-5D-5 L individual domains were lower than those in the overall ALAFOS study population.