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Mr. OS and Ms. OS (Hong Kong) is a cohort study to examine the determinants of osteoporotic fractures in older Chinese men and women. Mr. OS is also a part of a large-scale, multi-ethnic study (Mr. OS study) included men from Hong Kong, Sweden and USA. At the baseline visit (from 2001 to 2003), 2000 Chinese men and 2000 Chinese women 65 years old or over were recruited from local communities.
An extensive database, including data from questionnaires, measurements and lab tests of different years have been archived.
Appendix_1_variable_inventory_Dec2023.pdf
More than 150 publications were published by different coordinators in more than 20 areas including fracute, osteoporosis, bone imaging, frailty, sarcopenia and so on.
| Theme | Coordinator | No. of papers | |
| 1 | Fracture/osteoporosis | Kwok T | 23 |
| 2 | Cognitive function | Kwok T | 4 |
| 3 | Fall | Kwok T | 5 |
| 4 | Frailty | Woo J | 12 |
| 5 | Sarcopenia | Woo J | 12 |
| 6 | Spousal relationship | Fung H | 1 |
| 7 | Psychology | Fung H | 3 |
| 8 | Indoor air | Ho KF | 0 |
| 9 | Environment | Lau K/Woo J | 3 |
| 10 | Sleep | Wing YF | 3 |
| 11 | Vertebral # | Wang YX | 7 |
| 12 | Bone imaging | Griffith J | 16 |
| 13 | Accelerometry/Physical activity | Kwok T | 2 |
| 14 | Biomarker of ageing | Tang N | 13 |
| 15 | Dietary intakes | Woo J | 11 |
| 16 | Lung function | Ko F | 0 |
| 17 | Men's health | Wong S | 8 |
| 18 | Depression | Wong S | 9 |
| 19 | Vitamin D | Lee J | 4 |
| 20 | Sex hormone | Kwok T | 7 |
| 21 | Sulphur containing amino acids | Kwok T | 0 |
| 22 | Body fat/ Body composition | AuYeung TW | 9 |
| 23 | Social factors | Woo J | 2 |
| 24 | Others | 2 |
Appendix_2_Publication_list_july_2018.pdf
Collaboration with Mr. OS and Ms. OS investigators is welcome. Please fill in the analysis plan form with additional 1-2 page analysis plan and email to jason-leung@cuhk.edu.hk
Appendix_3_AnalysisPlanForm.pdf
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