At baseline, the postmenopausal women had a mean age of 61 years, mean lumbar spine BMD T score of − 2.7, median prednisone equivalent dose of 7.5 mg/ day, and 34% had one or more radiographic vertebral fractures; premenopausal women had a mean age of 37 years, mean lumbar spine BMD T score of − 2.5, median prednisone equivalent dose of 10 mg/ day, and 9% had one or more radiographic vertebral fractures; and men had a mean age of 57 years, mean lumbar spine BMD T score of − 2.2, median prednisone equivalent dose of 10 mg/ day, and 24% had one or more radiographic vertebral fractures.