Abstracts tagged "fractures and steroids"

Abstract Number: 373 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Compared to Non-Users, Current Glucocorticoids Users Have Less Prevalent Fractures at the Same Bone Mass: Results of a Large Cross-Sectional Study
Marwan Bukhari¹, Nicola Goodson^2,3 and Maarten Boers⁴, ¹Rheumatology, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Lancaster, United Kingdom, ²Rheumatology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ³Rheumatology, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, United Kingdom, ⁴Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, VU University Medical center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: It is widely believed that use of glucocorticoids (GC) increase risk of fracture through reduction in bone quality as well as reduction in bone…