ClinicalTrials.gov
 Home    Search    Study Topics    Glossary  
 

  Full Text View  
  Tabular View  
  Contacts and Locations  
  No Study Results Posted  
  Related Studies  
Determining the Risk Factors Such as Smoking, Alcohol, and Caffeine and Their Association With Osteoporosis in Men

This study has been completed.

Sponsored by: Department of Veterans Affairs
Information provided by: Department of Veterans Affairs
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00011323
  Purpose

The goals of this project are to establish a new cohort of male veterans and describe associations between potential risk factors and baseline bone mineral density (BMD) as well as rates of BMD loss.


Condition
Osteoporosis

MedlinePlus related topics:   Caffeine    Osteoporosis    Smoking   

Drug Information available for:   Ethanol    3,7-Dihydro-1,3,7-trimethyl-1H-purine-2,6-dione    Caffeine citrate   

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:   Observational
Study Design:   Natural History, Convenience Sample
Official Title:   Prevalence and Determinants of Osteoporosis in Male Veterans

Further study details as provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:

Estimated Enrollment:   1000
Study Start Date:   June 1998
Estimated Study Completion Date:   January 2001

Show detailed description  Show Detailed Description

  Eligibility
Ages Eligible for Study:   50 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Male
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No

Criteria

Veterans aged 50 and older drawn from two existing VA cohorts, the Normative Aging Study (NAS) and the Veterans Health Study (VHS).

  Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00011323

Locations
United States, Massachusetts
Boston VA Health Care System    
      Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States, 02130

Sponsors and Collaborators
  More Information


Study ID Numbers:   714B
First Received:   February 15, 2001
Last Updated:   June 23, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:   NCT00011323
Health Authority:   United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:
osteoporosis,smoking, alcohol, caffeine  

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Caffeine citrate
Smoking
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Osteoporosis
Caffeine
Bone Diseases, Metabolic
Bone Diseases
Ethanol

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on November 20, 2008




Links to all studies - primarily for crawlers