Risk of fragility fracture among patients with late-onset psoriasis: a UK population-based study.

Zoe PaskinsR WhittleA Abdul SultanS MullerM Blagojevic-BucknallT HelliwellJ PackhamS HiderE RoddyC Mallen

Published in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2018)

Identifying additional clinical factors associated with increased fracture risk is important in improving fracture risk stratification. Further work is needed to determine the relationship between age of onset of psoriasis and fracture risk, explore causative explanations, and identify if existing fracture risk stratification tools underestimate fracture risk in patients with psoriasis.

Keyphrases

late onset
hip fracture
early onset
atopic dermatitis
cross sectional