Department of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, Asia University Taiwan, Taichung, Taiwan; Disease Informatics Research Group, Asia University Taiwan, Taiwan.
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Risk and clinical predictors of osteoporotic fracture in East Asian patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease:...
Published in PeerJ
Our nationwide population-based cohort study demonstrates that East Asian COPD patients aged 50 and beyond do harbor a modestly increased risk for osteoporotic vertebral fractures particularly for those who are female, have pre-existing osteoporosis or require vitamin D prescription.