Bone health

Scary bone statistics — References & further reading

¹ National Institutes of Health. 2007. Fact sheet. Osteoporosis. URL (PDF): http://www.nih.gov/about/researchresultsforthepublic/Osteoporosis.pdf (accessed 10.12.2009).

² Cummings,S., & Melton, L. 2002. Epidemiology and outcomes of osteoporotic fractures. Lancet, 359 (9319), 1761–1767. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12049882 (accessed 10.12.2009).

³ International Osteoporosis Foundation. [No date of publication listed.] Facts and statistics about osteoporosis and its impact. URL: http://www.iofbonehealth.org/facts-and-statistics.html (accessed 10. 12.2009).

  Kanis, J., et al. 2000. Long-term risk of osteoporotic fracture in Malmö. Osteoporos. Int., 11 (8), 669–674. URL (abstract): (accessed 10.13.2009).  Melton, L., et al. 1998. Bone density and fracture risk in men. J. Bone Miner. Res., 13 (12), 1915–1923. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9844110 (accessed 10.13.2009).

  Melton, L., et al. 1992. Perspective. How many women have osteoporosis? J. Bone Miner. Res., 7 (9), 1005–1010. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1414493 (accessed 10.13.2009).

⁴ Roche, R., et al. 2005. Effect of comorbidities and postoperative complications on mortality after hip fracture in elderly people: prospective observational cohort study. BMJ, 331 (7529), 1374–1379. URL: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/331/7529/1374 (accessed 10.13.2009).

⁵ Hoyert, D., et al. 2006. Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2003. CDC. Division of Vital Statistics. National Vital Statistics Reports, 53 (15). URL (PDF): http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr53/nvsr53_15.pdf (accessed 10.13.2009).

⁶ Tanaka, K., & Kuwabara, A. 2009. [Fat-soluble vitamins for maintaining bone health.] Clin. Calcium, 19 (9), 1354–1360. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19721209 (accessed 10.13.2009).

  Sato, Y., et al. 2005. Menatetrenone and vitamin D2 with calcium supplements prevent nonvertebral fracture in elderly women with Alzheimer’s disease. Bone, 36 (1), 61–68. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15664003 (accessed 10.13.2009).

⁷ Sato, Y., et al. 2005. Amelioration of osteoporosis and hypovitaminosis D by sunlight exposure in hospitalized, elderly women with Alzheimer’s disease: A randomized controlled trial. J. Bone Miner. Res., 29 (8), 1327–1333. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16007329 (accessed 10.13.2009).

⁸ Barrett–Connor, E., et al. 2005. Osteoporosis and fracture risk in women of different ethnic groups. J. Bone Miner. Res., 20 (2), 185–194. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15647811 (accessed 10.13.2009).

 

References on vertebral and spinal fractures

^a Gehlbach, S., et al. 2000. Recognition of vertebral fracture in a clinical setting. Osteoporos. Int., 11 (7), 577-582. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11069191 (accessed 10.12.2009).

^b Prince, R., et al. 2007. The clinical utility of measured kyphosis as a predictor of the presence of vertebral deformities. Osteoporos. Int., 18 (5), 621–627. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17143655 (accessed 10.12.2009).

 

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