ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 819 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Kamil E. Barbour1, Li-Yung Lui2, Deborah E. Barnes3, Kristine E. Ensrud4, Anne B. Newman5, Kristine Yaffe3, Steven R. Cummings6 and Jane A. Cauley5, 1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, 2California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA, 3University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA, 4University of Minnesota and Minneapolis VAHS, Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis, MN, 5Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 6San Francisco Coordinating Center, CPMC Research Institute, San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Prior studies have identified poor physical function as a risk factor for fractures and mortality. However, these studies did not consider change in physical…