TY - JOUR T1 - Bone health in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus JF - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases JO - Ann Rheum Dis DO - 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-216417 SP - annrheumdis-2019-216417 AU - Shih-Wei Lai AU - Yu-Hung Kuo AU - Kuan-Fu Liao Y1 - 2019/10/14 UR - http://ard.bmj.com/content/early/2019/10/14/annrheumdis-2019-216417.abstract N2 - The association between systemic lupus erythematosus and other comorbidities has been extensively studied.1 2 Recently, an article written by Orsolini et al published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases commented that osteoporosis and fractures are frequently found in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.3 Orsolini et al’s article is a timely one and provides the updated concepts to the readers. Some points are discussed here. A cohort study in South Korea conducted by Kim et al reported that the incidence of fractures was higher in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus than those with non-lupus (19 vs 6.5 per 1000 person-years).4 A cohort study in USA conducted by Tedeschi … ER -