Journal article
Bipolar disorder and bone health: A case-control study
LJ Williams, AL Stuart, M Berk, SL Brennan-Olsen, JM Hodge, SE Quirk, H Koivumaa-Honkanen, R Honkanen, J Heikkinen, V Chandrasekaran, JR Cleminson, JA Pasco
Journal of Affective Disorders | Published : 2022
Abstract
Background: Bipolar disorder (BD) is associated with significant psychological and physical comorbidity. Yet little is known about the bone health of individuals with BD. Thus, we aimed to investigate the association between BD and bone health in a population-based sample of women. Methods: Women with a history of BD (cases; n = 117) were recruited from public and private health care settings and controls, without BD, were drawn from the Geelong Osteoporosis Study (n = 909). BD was identified using a semi-structured clinical interview (SCID-I/NP). Bone mineral density (BMD) was measured at the spine, femoral neck and total body using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry, and bone quality by quan..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This study is supported by a project grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia (NHMRC; 1104438) . The Geelong Osteoporosis Study (controls) has also received NHMRC project grant funding (251638; 628582) . LJW is supported by a NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellowship (1174060) . HKH and SQ are supported by the Paivikki and Sakari Sohlberg Foundation and the Gyllenberg Foundation, Finland and MB is supported by a NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellowship (1156072) .