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- Epidemiology and outcomes of osteoporotic fractures (2002) (3410)
- The diagnosis of osteoporosis (1992) (3235)
- Assessment of fracture risk and its application to screening for postmenopausal osteoporosis. Report of a WHO Study Group. (1994) (1459)
- Medical Expenditures for the Treatment of Osteoporotic Fractures in the United States in 1995: Report from the National Osteoporosis Foundation (1997) (1345)
- Perspective how many women have osteoporosis? (1992) (1323)
- Predictive Value of BMD for Hip and Other Fractures (2005) (1308)
- Effect of fluoride treatment on the fracture rate in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. (1990) (1065)
- Relationship of serum sex steroid levels and bone turnover markers with bone mineral density in men and women: a key role for bioavailable estrogen. (1998) (963)
- Epidemiology of vertebral fractures in women. (1989) (925)
- A Meta‐Analysis of Prior Corticosteroid Use and Fracture Risk (2004) (760)
- How Many Women Have Osteoporosis? (2005) (693)
- Mortality, Disability, and Nursing Home Use for Persons with and without Hip Fracture: A Population‐Based Study (2002) (645)
- Osteoporosis : etiology, diagnosis, and management (1988) (617)
- Classification of vertebral fractures (1991) (587)
- Fractures Attributable to Osteoporosis: Report from the National Osteoporosis Foundation (1997) (546)
- Hip fractures: a worldwide problem today and tomorrow. (1993) (488)
- The diagnosis of osteoporosis. (2009) (445)
- Epidemiologic features of humeral fractures. (1982) (423)
- Epidemiology of fractures of the proximal femur in Rochester, Minnesota. (1980) (407)
- A Meta‐Analysis of the Association of Fracture Risk and Body Mass Index in Women (2014) (397)
- Incidence of Colles' fracture in a North American community. (1982) (314)
- Reviews and Notes: Assessment of Fracture Risk and Its Application to Screening for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis (1995) (312)
- Screening for osteoporosis. (1990) (307)
- Fracture Risk With Multiple Myeloma: A Population‐Based Study (2004) (274)
- Epidemiology of hip fractures: implications of the exponential increase with age. (1996) (269)
- Epidemiology of Diaphyseal and Distal Femoral Fractures in Rochester, Minnesota, 1965–1984 (1988) (249)
- Epidemiology of Fractures (1999) (229)
- LONG-TERM USE OF THIAZIDE DIURETICS AND RISK OF HIP FRACTURE (1989) (228)
- Lifetime fracture risk: an approach to hip fracture risk assessment based on bone mineral density and age. (1988) (223)
- Epidemiology of osteoporosis. (2001) (219)
- Clinical use of bone densitometry. (1991) (217)
- Epidemiologic features of pelvic fractures. (1981) (217)
- Excess mortality following hip fracture: the role of underlying health status (2007) (216)
- Impact of functional gastrointestinal disorders on health‐related quality of life: a population‐based case–control study (2004) (213)
- Cost effectiveness of screening perimenopausal white women for osteoporosis: bone densitometry and hormone replacement therapy. (1990) (213)
- Diabetes mellitus and risk of skeletal fracture. (1980) (201)
- Osteoporosis intervention following distal forearm fractures: a missed opportunity? (2002) (182)
- Who Has Osteoporosis? A Conflict Between Clinical and Public Health Perspectives (2000) (180)
- Psychotropic drug use and the risk of hip fracture (1987) (178)
- Predictors of hip fractures in elderly men (1995) (177)
- Long-term fracture risk following renal transplantation: a population-based study (2004) (174)
- Updated fracture incidence rates for the US version of FRAX® (2009) (160)
- Colles' fracture and subsequent hip fracture risk. (1982) (158)
- Risk of hip fracture in women with vertebral fracture (1994) (152)
- The Prevalence of Osteoporosis: Gender and Racial Comparison (2001) (145)
- Fracture risk after the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease: Influence of concomitant dementia (2006) (145)
- Fracture Risk in Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (2003) (143)
- A bone structural basis for fracture risk in diabetes. (2008) (142)
- Fracture risk following bilateral orchiectomy. (2003) (138)
- Unequal decrease in bone density of lumbar spine and ultradistal radius in Colles' and vertebral fracture syndromes. (1989) (136)
- Epidemiology of primary hyperparathyroidism (1991) (135)
- Risk of hip fracture among women with vertebral fractures (1990) (131)
- Relative Contributions of Bone Density, Bone Turnover, and Clinical Risk Factors to Long‐Term Fracture Prediction (2003) (130)
- Fracture risk among patients with urolithiasis: a population-based cohort study. (1998) (126)
- Is caffeine consumption a risk factor for osteoporosis? (1992) (125)
- Risk of fractures in patients with pernicious anemia (1992) (124)
- Downturn in hip fracture incidence. (1996) (121)
- The Prevalence of Osteoporosis (1997) (116)
- Risk of age-related fractures in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. (1992) (115)
- Fifty-year trend in hip fracture incidence. (1982) (114)
- The epidemiology of primary hyperparathyroidism in North America. (2002) (111)
- Hip fracture recurrence. A population-based study. (1982) (109)
- Increasing hip fracture incidence in California Hispanics, 1983 to 2000 (2004) (107)
- Excess Mortality Following Vertebral Fracture (2000) (106)
- Erratum: 1991 Classification of vertebral fractures (J Bone Miner Res 6:207-215) (1991) (100)
- Modeling Chronic Glycemic Exposure Variables as Correlates and Predictors of Microvascular Complications of Diabetes (2007) (94)
- Appendicular bone mineral and a woman's lifetime risk of hip fracture (1992) (91)
- Epidemiology of vertebral fractures: implications for vertebral augmentation. (2006) (90)
- Epidemiology worldwide. (2003) (88)
- Health-related Quality of Life in Economic Evaluations for Osteoporosis (1999) (86)
- Relationship of volumetric bone density and structural parameters at different skeletal sites to sex steroid levels in women. (2005) (86)
- Incidence of a clinical diagnosis of the irritable bowel syndrome in a United States population (2004) (83)
- Effect of season on physical activity score, back extensor muscle strength, and lumbar bone mineral density (1990) (81)
- Heterogeneity of age-related fractures: implications for epidemiology. (1987) (75)
- Morbidity and Mortality Associated With Paget's Disease of Bone: A Population‐Based Study (2008) (73)
- A prospective clinical practice intervention to improve osteoporosis management following distal forearm fracture (2004) (73)
- Decreased catecholamines in the adrenal medulla of patients with parkinsonism. (1988) (72)
- The Epidemiology of Pelvic Endometriosis (1988) (70)
- Incidence of hip fractures in osteoporotic women treated with sodium fluoride (1987) (67)
- Fluoride therapy for the vertebral crush fracture syndrome. A status report. (1989) (65)
- The national cost of acute care of hip fractures associated with osteoporosis. (1980) (64)
- Appendicular bone mineral and a woman's lifetime risk of hip fracture. (1992) (64)
- Cost-effectiveness of vertebral fracture assessment to detect prevalent vertebral deformity and select postmenopausal women with a femoral neck T-score>-2.5 for alendronate therapy: a modeling study. (2006) (64)
- Osteoporosis and the Global Competition for Health Care Resources (2004) (63)
- Examination of prevalence rates of possible risk factors in a population with a fracture of the proximal femur. (1980) (58)
- Socio-economic Impact (1998) (57)
- Effect of age on variables relating to calcium and phosphorus metabolism in women (1990) (52)
- Myocardial Infarction After Hip Fracture Repair: A Population‐Based Study (2012) (51)
- Impaired Glycemia and Diabetic Polyneuropathy (2012) (49)
- Secondary osteoporosis and the risk of distal forearm fractures in men and women. (2002) (49)
- Potential for bone turnover markers to cost-effectively identify and select post-menopausal osteopenic women at high risk of fracture for bisphosphonate therapy (2007) (48)
- Fracture risk after surgery for peptic ulcer disease: a population-based cohort study. (1999) (47)
- Fracture risk following bilateral oophorectomy. (1996) (47)
- Secondary osteoporosis and the risk of vertebral deformities in women. (1999) (45)
- Use of clinical prediction rules in detecting osteoporosis in a population-based sample of postmenopausal women. (2005) (45)
- Fracture Risk Among Patients with Paget's Disease: A Population‐Based Cohort Study (2000) (41)
- Potential cost-effective use of spine radiographs to detect vertebral deformity and select osteopenic post-menopausal women for amino-bisphosphonate therapy (2005) (39)
- Multicenter trial of the proficiency of smart quantitative sensation tests (2014) (38)
- Predictive value of BMD for hip and other fractures (Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (2005) 20, (1185-1194)) (2007) (37)
- Potential Impact of Osteoporosis Treatment on Hip Fracture Trends (2005) (37)
- Evaluation of a Prediction Model for Long‐Term Fracture Risk (2004) (36)
- Vertebral fractures [8] (1992) (35)
- Secular trends in the incidence of postmenopausal vertebral fractures (1992) (34)
- Colles' fracture and bone density of the ultradistal radius. (1990) (34)
- Postmenopausal Bilateral Oophorectomy Is Not Associated With Increased Fracture Risk in Older Women (2004) (34)
- Colles' fracture and bone density of the ultradistal radius (1989) (34)
- "Unequivocally Abnormal" vs "Usual" Signs and Symptoms for Proficient Diagnosis of Diabetic Polyneuropathy: Cl vs N Phys Trial. (2012) (32)
- Epidemiology of Osteoporosis: Predicting Who is at Risk a (1990) (31)
- Bilateral oophorectomy trends in Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1950-1987. (1991) (30)
- Has the impact of hormone replacement therapy on health-related quality of life been undervalued? (2000) (30)
- Fractures After Thyroidectomy in Men: A Population‐Based Cohort Study (1997) (29)
- Fractures following thyroidectomy in women: a population-based cohort study. (2000) (29)
- Protocol for the Osteoporosis Choice trial. A pilot randomized trial of a decision aid in primary care practice (2009) (29)
- Fluoride in the prevention of osteoporosis and fractures (1990) (26)
- Mortality in the Vertebroplasty Population (2011) (23)
- A "Gompertzian" view of osteoporosis. (1990) (23)
- Potential Extensions of the US FRAX Algorithm (2012) (22)
- Is irritable bowel syndrome more likely to be persistent in those with relatives who suffer from gastrointestinal symptoms? A population‐based study at three time points (2003) (20)
- Long‐Term Fracture Risk Among Children With Asthma: A Population‐Based Study (2004) (20)
- Is there a specific fracture 'cascade'? (2013) (19)
- Influence of hysterectomy on long-term fracture risk. (2007) (19)
- Epidemiology of osteoporosis. (1991) (19)
- Bone-density-specific fracture risk: A population-based study of the relationship between osteoporosis and vertebral fractures (1985) (17)
- Clinical trial of fluoride in osteoporotic women: Extended observation and additional analyses (1992) (16)
- Predictors of Excess Mortality After Fracture: A Population‐Based Cohort Study (2014) (15)
- Effect of fluoride on postmenopausal osteoporosis. (1990) (13)
- Hip Fracture: A Disease and an Accident (1986) (10)
- Defining osteoporosis (1989) (8)
- Long-term fracture risk among infertile women: a population-based cohort study. (2001) (7)
- Vertebral fractures. (1992) (7)
- 1 Epidemiology of osteoporosis (1991) (7)
- Evidence-based assessment of pharmaceutical interventions. (1998) (5)
- The global burden of vertebral fracture (2002) (5)
- Guidelines for osteoporosis prophylaxis (1990) (5)
- Epidemiology and outcomes of osteoporotic fractures. Commentary (2002) (5)
- High body mass index, adjusted for BMD, is a risk factor for fracture in women (2012) (5)
- Long-term fracture risk among women with proven endometriosis. (2006) (4)
- How do we prevent hip fractures? (1993) (3)
- Osteoporosis health beliefs among postmenopausal women with a history of distal forearm fracture (2002) (3)
- Estimating the risk of future fracture (1990) (2)
- O9. Epidemiology of vertebral fractures: incidence, clinical impact and survival (1994) (2)
- Impaired Bone Strength and Fracture Patterns at Different Skeletal Sites (1986) (2)
- Hip fracture incidence and survival among members of a California medical care program. (1990) (2)
- Vertebral fractures. (1992) (2)
- Are annual fluctuations in hip fracture incidence dependent upon the underlying mortality rate? (2007) (2)
- PREVENTIVE MEDICINE How do we prevent hip fractures? (1993) (2)
- Why Are Hip Fracture Rates Falling? (2007) (2)
- Secular trends in the incidence of vertebral fractures (1992) (1)
- Bone Mineral Measurement and Biochemical Markers of Bone Cell Function (1994) (1)
- Malaria in Minnesota. Past, present, and future. (1998) (1)
- Global aspects of osteoporosis epidemiology (2006) (1)
- Osteoporosis Intervention Following Distal Forearm Fractures (2017) (1)
- Predicting osteoporotic fractures: The state of the art (1992) (1)
- Patient barriers to osteoporosis interventions after fracture. Authors' reply (2002) (0)
- 90100634 Screening for osteoporosis (1990) (0)
- Reply (1990) (0)
- Limb fracture risk among men and women with vertebral fractures (1996) (0)
- FRACTURE RISK IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE PATIENTS. AUTHOR'S REPLY (1995) (0)
- A randomized, controlled clinical trial of fluoride treatment in osteoporotic women (1990) (0)
- Pathogenesis of Osteoporosis (1994) (0)
- Incidence ofColles' Fracture ina NorthAmerican Community (1982) (0)
- 90352100 Cost effectiveness of screening perimenopausal white women for osteoporosis: Bone densitometry and hormone replacement therapy (1991) (0)
- In reply (1995) (0)
- Osteoporotic Fractures and Heart Failure in the (2011) (0)
- Bone-mass Measurements Aid Clinical Evaluations of Elderly (1991) (0)
- Epidemiology of diabetic polyneuropathy (1996) (0)
- An introduction to epidemiology (1992) (0)
- Evidence-Based Public HealthExternal hip protectors reduce hip fractures in the elderly (2001) (0)
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