Relationship of bone mineral density with valvular and annular calcification in community-dwelling older people: The Cardiovascular Health Study.

Unlabelled: Associations between bone mineral density and aortic valvular, aortic annular, and mitral annular calcification were investigated in a cross-sectional analysis of a population-based cohort of 1497 older adults. Although there was no association between continuous bone mineral density and outcomes, a significant association between osteoporosis and aortic valvular calcification in men was found.

Introduction: The process of cardiac calcification bears a resemblance to skeletal bone metabolism and its regulation.

Hip fractures and heart failure: findings from the Cardiovascular Health Study.

Aims: The aim of the study was to find the epidemiology of hip fractures in heart failure. The increasing survival rate for patients with heart failure places them at risk for other diseases of ageing, including osteoporosis.

Methods And Results: We included 5613 persons from the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) with an average of 11.