Osteoprotegerin is associated with hip fracture incidence: the Tromso Study

Background Osteoprotegerin (OPG) is a cytokine essential for the regulation of bone resorption, but large longitudinal studies on its relationship to fracture risk in humans are lacking. In this population-based study of 2740 men and 2857 post-menopausal women, it was examined whether serum OPG was...

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Published in:International Journal of Epidemiology
Main Authors: Jørgensen, Lone, Hansen, John-Bjarne, Ahmed, Luai, Bjørnerem, Åshild, Emaus, Nina, Joakimsen, Ragnar, Mathiesen, Ellisiv, Størmer, Jan, Vik, Anders, Jacobsen, Bjarne K
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2012
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Online Access:http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/41/4/1033
https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dys063