A Population-based Study of the Prevalence of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Relation to Bone Mineral Density: The Tromso Study

• Published in: American Journal of Epidemiology
• Main Authors: Jørgensen, Lone, Singh, Kulbir, Rosvold Berntsen, Gro K., Jacobsen, Bjarne K.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2004
• Subjects: ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS; Norway; Tromso; Tromsø
• Online Access: http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/159/10/945; https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwh132

In a population-based study of 2,586 men and 2,806 postmenopausal women aged 55–74 years in Tromsø, Norway, in 1994–1995, associations between the prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms and bone mineral density were examined. The presence of an abdominal aortic aneurysm was assessed by ultrasonogr...