Association of Sun-Protective Behaviors With Bone Mineral Density and Osteoporotic Bone Fractures in US Adults | Zendy

Mohsen Afarideh | Zendy; Julio C. SartoriValinotti | Zendy; Megha M. Tollefson | Zendy

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Association of Sun-Protective Behaviors With Bone Mineral Density and Osteoporotic Bone Fractures in US Adults

Author(s) -

Mohsen Afarideh,

Julio C. SartoriValinotti,

Megha M. Tollefson

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

jama dermatology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.128

H-Index - 166

eISSN - 2168-6084

pISSN - 2168-6068

DOI - 10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.4143

Subject(s) - medicine , bone mineral , osteoporotic fracture , dentistry , osteoporosis , bone density

Despite the reassuring emerging evidence on the lack of a causal relationship between sun protection and vitamin D deficiency, there is scarce data on whether multimodal sun protection is associated with reduced bone mineral density (BMD) and/or increased prevalence of osteoporotic bone fractures. This lack of data may lead to worry and decreased sun-protective behaviors on the part of patients.

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