Cyrus Cooper

TL;DR: The retrospective cohort study of Bernstein et al shows a 40% increase in the risk of fracture among patients with IBD compared with age and sex matched controls and the increased risk was similar in patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated predictive value of 11 sarcopenia definitions for incident fracture, independent of femoral neck bone mineral density (BMD), fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX®) probability, and prior falls, using an extension of Poisson regression in US, Sweden, and Hong Kong Osteoporois Fractures in Men Study (MrOS) cohorts.

TL;DR: Type 2 diabetes patients have a 50% increased mortality and, after adjusting for differential survival at 5 years, a 21% increased incidence of hip fracture when compared to matched non‐T2DM.

TL;DR: Significant variation in hip fracture rates among women from different nations has been observed and is likely to represent a combination of real and apparent differences due to ascertainment bias.

TL;DR: The incidence and prevalence of RA in Catalonia are similar to those of other Southern European regions, and lower than those of northern areas, and will inform health care planning and resource allocation.