Abstracts tagged "Health behaviors and osteoporosis"

Abstract Number: 1993 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Contribution of Lifestyle Factors to Healthy-Adherer Bias in Prevalent Users of Osteoporotic Drugs
Mitsuyo Kinjo¹ and Daniel H. Solomon², ¹Internal Medicine, Okinawa Chubu Hospital, Uruma City Okinawa, Japan, ²Division of Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Adherence to drug therapy may be a surrogate marker for overall healthy behaviors leading to healthy-adherer bias in epidemiologic studies. This might be particularly…