Risk of fragility fracture among patients with sarcoidosis: a population-based study 1976-2013-supplementary presentation.

Patompong UngprasertC S CrowsonE L Matteson

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)

Incidence of fragility fracture of a population-based cohort of 345 patients with sarcoidosis was compared with age- and sex-matched comparators. The incidence of fragility fracture was higher among patients with sarcoidosis with a hazard ratio (HR) of 2.18.

Keyphrases

risk factors
hip fracture
case report