1. The association between use of antidepressants and bone quality using quantitative heel ultrasound.
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Rauma, Päivi H, Pasco, Julie A, Berk, Michael, Stuart, Amanda L, Koivumaa-Honkanen, Heli, Honkanen, Risto J, Hodge, Jason M, and Williams, Lana J
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ANALYSIS of variance ,ANTIDEPRESSANTS ,CHI-squared test ,MENTAL depression ,FISHER exact test ,HEEL bone ,OSTEOPOROSIS ,PROBABILITY theory ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,RESEARCH funding ,SEROTONIN uptake inhibitors ,STATISTICS ,MULTIPLE regression analysis ,BONE density ,DATA analysis software ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
The article presents a study on the association between use of antidepressants, mainly selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), and bone quality, as measured by heel quantitative ultrasound (QUS). Topics include data from the Geelong Osteoporosis Study in south-eastern Australia, the lower mean broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA) found in antidepressant users, and how the risk of osteoporosis is only higher in antidepressant users with low body weights.
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- 2015
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