Determining the Risk Factors Such as Smoking, Alcohol, and Caffeine and Their Association With Osteoporosis in Men

This study has been completed.

First Received: February 15, 2001 Last Updated: January 20, 2009 History of Changes

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

Study Type:	Observational
Official Title:	Prevalence and Determinants of Osteoporosis in Male Veterans

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Caffeine Osteoporosis Smoking

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:

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

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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

Department of Veterans Affairs

More Information

No publications provided

Study ID Numbers:	714B
Study First Received:	February 15, 2001
Last Updated:	January 20, 2009
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00011323 History of Changes
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

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Musculoskeletal Diseases
Osteoporosis
Bone Diseases, Metabolic
Bone Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on July 02, 2009