JOCOC - Mr. OS & Ms. OS study

About the Mr. OS and Ms. OS (Hong Kong) study

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.

Explanatory powerpoint

Variables at various time points

An extensive database, including data from questionnaires, measurements and lab tests of different years have been archived.

Appendix_1_variable_inventory_Dec2023.pdf

Themes and publications

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

Analysis Plan

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