Bone mineral density and content are measurements of the structural quality of bone hard tissue. These variables are used to access the bone health status. The fact that bone mineral density and content reduce with aging, ...

Multi-state models can be viewed as generalizations of both the standard and competing risks models for survivaldata. Models for multi-state data have been the theme of many recent published works. Motivated by bone marrow ...

Often intermediate events provide more detailed information about the disease process or recovery, for example, and allow greater accuracy in predicting the prognosis of patients. Such non-fatal events during the course ...

As the world's population ages, the prevalence of chronic diseases increases. Sarcopenia and osteoporosis are two conditions that are associated with aging, with similar risk factors that include genetics, endocrine function, ...