Publications by authors named "Maria C Zillikens"
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- * An international working group called Key4OI used a modified Delphi method to establish a unified set of outcome measures for OI patients, relying on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health to define relevant domains.
- * Following a thorough literature review and focus group input, the final consensus resulted in 15 key outcome domains, streamlining the assessment process for OI treatments across different care centers.
Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) accumulate in tissues with aging and may influence age-related diseases. They can be estimated non-invasively by skin autofluorescence (SAF) using the AGE Reader™. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) may inhibit AGEs accumulation through anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory properties but evidence in humans is scarce.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAccurate diagnosis of vertebral osteoporotic fractures is crucial for the identification of individuals at high risk of future fractures. Different methods for radiological assessment of vertebral fractures exist, but a gold standard is lacking. The aim of our study was to estimate statistical measures of agreement and prevalence of osteoporotic vertebral fractures in the population-based Rotterdam Study, across two assessment methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFType 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) influences bone metabolism, but the relation of T2DM with bone mineral density (BMD) remains inconsistent across studies. The objective of this study was to perform a meta-analysis and meta-regression of the literature to estimate the difference in BMD (g/cm(2)) between diabetic and non-diabetic populations, and to investigate potential underlying mechanisms. A literature search was performed in PubMed and Ovid extracting data from articles prior to May 2010.
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