The Vancouver Centre is located at:

University of British Columbia
Div. Endocrinology
Diamond Health Care Centre
2775 Laurel Street, Room 4111
Vancouver, BC
V5Z 1M9

Tel.: (604) 875-5928

Study Staff

Dr. Jerilynn Prior Centre Director	Ms. Yvette Vigna Centre Coordinator	Dr. Brian Lentle Radiologist
Dr. Millan Patel Centre Co-Director

:: Participants

Men and women, aged 25 years and older, recruited from 1995 to 1997, residing within a 50 km radius of one of nine designated clinical centres, contacted at random by phone.

Youth cohort: men and women, aged 16-24 recruited from 2004-2006.

:: Data Collection

At baseline, year 3 (for participants 40-60), year 5 and year 10, a long questionnaire was administered to all consenting participants.

Bone density was measured using DXA (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) at the lumbar spine and hip, and ultrasound of the shin and wrist were taken.

Participants aged 50 years and older have had radiographs taken of the thoracic and lumbar spine. Blood, urine and DNA samples have been collected from participants in some centers at baseline, year 5 and year 10 follow-up.