Author's response to reviews Title: Factors Influencing Diagnosis and Treatment of Osteoporosis after a Fragility Fracture among Postmenopausal Women in Asian Countries: a Retrospective Study

Factors influencing diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis after a fragility fracture among postmenopausal women in Asian countries: a retrospective study

BACKGROUND A vast amount of literature describes the incidence of fracture as a risk for recurrent osteoporotic fractures in western and Asian countries. Osteoporosis evaluation and treatment after a low-trauma fracture, however, has not been well characterized in postmenopausal women in Asia. The purpose of this study was to characterize patient and health system characteristics associated wit...

Evaluation of Frequency Pattern of Risk Factors for Decreased Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women Referred to the Bone Mineral Density Assessment Center of Al-Zahra Hospital in Isfahan during Years 2018 and 2019

Introduction: Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease in which the internal structure and ability of bone to repair its daily damage is impaired. Menopause is a vital period that affects bone health, causing rapid loss of bone mass, which in turn increases the risk of fractures in postmenopausal women. The present study was performed to evaluate the frequency pattern of risk factors for dec...

Economic Analysis of Bisphosphonate Use after Distal Radius Fracture for Prevention of Hip Fracture

Background: Osteoporosis is a common condition among the elderly population, and is associated with an increased risk of fracture. One of the most common fragility fractures involve the distal radius, and are associated with risk of subsequent fragility fracture. Early treatment with bisphosphonates has been suggested to decrease the population hip fracture burden. However, there have been no p...

Author's response to reviews Title: Use of Anthropometric Indicators in Screening for Undiagnosed Vertebral Fractures: A Cross-sectional Analysis of the Fukui Osteoporosis Cohort (FOC) Study Authors:

Bone Loss and Seasonal Variation in Serial DXA Densitometry – A Population-Based Study

Osteoporosis is a disease of increased skeleton fragility accompanied by low BMD and microarchitectural deterioration. Osteoporosis and bone fragility result in significant morbidity and medical and social costs (Dennison et al., 2005; Cummings et al., 2002). The risk of fractures is greater among women with low BMD although it explains only part of the increased fracture tendency among the eld...