Association of COPD with osteoporosis in male smokers: A case control study in a tertiary medical college hospital in Bangladesh.
CONCLUSIONS: Osteoporosis is more frequent in male smokers with COPD compared to smokers without COPD. COPD is a risk factor of osteoporosis independent of age, smoking and BMI.
PMID: 31127754 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation - Category: Orthopaedics Tags: J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil Source Type: research
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