205
Participants
Start Date
September 30, 2016
Primary Completion Date
December 20, 2018
Study Completion Date
December 20, 2018
X-ray of the spine
Every participant will undergo X-ray of the spine so that vertebral fractures can be quantified using the Genant score.
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM)
ABPM will be performed using the brachial, oscillometric, automated self-measurement mobil-O-Graph device (I.E.M. GmbH, Stolberg, Germany) with integrated ARCSolver®-Software (Austrian Institute of Technology Wien).
Dual X-ray absorptiometry
Individual bone mineral density and T-Score will be determined by X-ray absorptiometry.
Non-invasive procedures
Other non-invasive study procedures include structured patient interview, sampling of blood, buffy coat and spot urine (including biobanking), electrocardiogram, pulse wave velocity and analysis, transthoracic echocardiography, 4-meter gait speed test, hand grip test, questionnaires
Medical University of Graz, Graz
Medical University of Graz
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