Publication Date:
2015
Short description:
Osteoporosis’s Menopausal Epidemiological Risk Observation (O.M.E.R.O.) study / Lello, S; Sorge, R; Surico, N; Tranquilli, A; Turi, A; Agostinelli, D; Messini, S; Gambera, A; Stomati, M; Paoletti, Am; Sanna, S; Durante, M; Roccu, I; Scollo, P; Nocera, F; Ronca, E; Bucciantini, S; Baldi, S; Nosari, S; Marra, A; D'Anna, R; Barbaro, L; Mapelli, C; Chionna, R; Cagnacci, Angelo; Di Carlo, C; Nappi, C; Leo, L; Pandolfo, M; Nappi, R; Tonani, S; Becorpi, A; Santilli, C; Maffei, S; Del Bravo, B; Gambacciani, M; Amorosi, A; Mantuano, R; Pasi, A; Guardianelli, F; Capozzi, A; Frantellizzi, R; Scambia, G; Villa, P; Zaza, M; Percuoco, R; Leoni, F; Dessole, S; Capobianco, G; Benedetto, C; Gallo, M; Marchesoni, D; Della Martina, M.. - In: GYNECOLOGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY. - ISSN 0951-3590. - STAMPA. - 31(12):(2015), pp. 992-998. [10.3109/09513590.2015.1063605]
abstract:
Osteoporosis (OP) and related fractures are well-known severe conditions affecting quality of
life and life expectancy of postmenopausal women, with high economic costs in Europe. On
behalf of The Italian Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Societa` Italiana di Ginecologia ed
Ostetricia, SIGO), the Osteoporosis’s Menopausal Epidemiological Risk Observation (O.M.E.R.O.)
study, a national multicenter study on clinical risk factors of OP was organized, using FRAX
tool as a reference. Here, data from this study are presented, showing an important portion of
Italian postmenopausal women affected by osteopenia/OP at high risk of fracture and the need
to do prevention and/or treatment. Gynecologist can be a primary specialist in this important
challenge.
Iris type:
Articolo su rivista
Keywords:
FRAX, menopause, osteoporosis
List of contributors:
Lello, S; Sorge, R; Surico, N; Tranquilli, A; Turi, A; Agostinelli, D; Messini, S; Gambera, A; Stomati, M; Paoletti, Am; Sanna, S; Durante, M; Roccu, I; Scollo, P; Nocera, F; Ronca, E; Bucciantini, S; Baldi, S; Nosari, S; Marra, A; D'Anna, R; Barbaro, L; Mapelli, C; Chionna, R; Cagnacci, Angelo; Di Carlo, C; Nappi, C; Leo, L; Pandolfo, M; Nappi, R; Tonani, S; Becorpi, A; Santilli, C; Maffei, S; Del Bravo, B; Gambacciani, M; Amorosi, A; Mantuano, R; Pasi, A; Guardianelli, F; Capozzi, A; Frantellizzi, R; Scambia, G; Villa, P; Zaza, M; Percuoco, R; Leoni, F; Dessole, S; Capobianco, G; Benedetto, C; Gallo, M; Marchesoni, D; Della Martina, M.
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