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. 2019 Feb 6;14(2):e0211835. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211835

Fig 1. A flowchart demonstrating the enrollment of the study cohort.

Fig 1

A total of 2,058 patient with history of Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and 8,232 patients without history of AS were identified from Taiwan NHIRD. Among patients with and without the diagnosis of AS, 214 and 408 patients developed osteoporosis, respectively.