Response to: ‘The association between osteoporosis and statins therapy’ by Lai

We read with interest the correspondence of Lai .1 Whether statin therapy impacts the risk of osteoporosis is still a matter of debate. We have recently shown that there is a dose-dependent relationship between statins and diagnosis of osteoporosis; while low-dose statin treatment was related to an underrepresentation of diagnosed osteoporosis when compared with non-statin-treated patients, we found in patients on higher dosages of statins an...