Is vascular calcification associated with bone mineral density and osteoporotic fractures in ambulatory, elderly women?

Demer LL(1995)A skeleton in the atherosclerosis closet Circulation 92 2029-2032

Shroff RC(2008)Dialysis accelerates medial vascular calcification in part by triggering smooth muscle cell apoptosis Circulation 118 1748-1757

McNair R(2006)Vascular calcification: pathobiological mechanisms and clinical implications Circ Res 99 1044-1059

Figg N(2008)The pathophysiology of vascular calcification: are osteoclast-like cells the missing link? Diabetes Metab 34 S16-S20

Skepper JN(2001)Bone loss and the progression of abdominal aortic calcification over a 25 year period: the Framingham Heart Study Calcif Tissue Int 68 271-276

Schurgers L(2004)Aortic calcification and the risk of osteoporosis and fractures J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89 4246-4253

Gupta A(2006)Radiographic measure of aorta calcification is a site-specific predictor of bone loss and fracture risk at the hip J Intern Med 259 598-605

Hiorns M(2003)Low bone mineral density in the hip as a marker of advanced atherosclerosis in elderly women Calcif Tissue Int 73 15-20

Donald AE(1996)Fall-related factors and risk of hip fracture: the EPIDOS prospective study Lancet 348 145-149

Deanfield J(2004)Prevalence of vertebral fractures in French women older than 75 years from the EPIDOS study Bone 34 362-367

Demer LL(1995)A skeleton in the atherosclerosis closet Circulation 92 2029-2032

Shroff RC(2008)Dialysis accelerates medial vascular calcification in part by triggering smooth muscle cell apoptosis Circulation 118 1748-1757

McNair R(2006)Vascular calcification: pathobiological mechanisms and clinical implications Circ Res 99 1044-1059

Figg N(2008)The pathophysiology of vascular calcification: are osteoclast-like cells the missing link? Diabetes Metab 34 S16-S20

Skepper JN(2001)Bone loss and the progression of abdominal aortic calcification over a 25 year period: the Framingham Heart Study Calcif Tissue Int 68 271-276

Schurgers L(2004)Aortic calcification and the risk of osteoporosis and fractures J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89 4246-4253

Gupta A(2006)Radiographic measure of aorta calcification is a site-specific predictor of bone loss and fracture risk at the hip J Intern Med 259 598-605

Hiorns M(2003)Low bone mineral density in the hip as a marker of advanced atherosclerosis in elderly women Calcif Tissue Int 73 15-20

Donald AE(1996)Fall-related factors and risk of hip fracture: the EPIDOS prospective study Lancet 348 145-149

Deanfield J(2004)Prevalence of vertebral fractures in French women older than 75 years from the EPIDOS study Bone 34 362-367