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ArticleOsteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2009

Effectiveness of antiresorptives for the prevention of nonvertebral low-trauma fractures in a population-based cohort of women.

L A Langsetmo, S Morin, J B Richards, K S Davison, W P Olszynski, J C Prior, R Josse, D Goltzman, CaMos Research Group

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Article in Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Targeted intervention reduces refracture rates in patients with incident non-vertebral osteoporotic fractures: a 4-year prospective controlled study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2011
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  6. Longitudinal change in clinical fracture incidence after initiation of bisphosphonates.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2010
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

L A LangsetmoCaMos National Coordinating Centre, Montreal, Canada.
S Morin
J B Richards
K S Davison
W P Olszynski
J C Prior
R Josse
D Goltzman
CaMos Research Group
McGill University · CAUniversité Laval · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CAUniversity of Saskatchewan · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

CIHR 88225-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledObservational studies are needed to quantify real-life effectiveness of antiresorptive therapy in the prevention of clinical fractures. Antiresorptive therapies were associated with an overall 32% reduction in low-trauma nonvertebral fracture risk among women 50 and older. Effectiveness may be lower among older women and those without risk factors.

introductionRandomized controlled trials have shown that antiresorptive therapies reduce the risk of fracture in selected populations, but further study is needed to quantify their real-life effectiveness. The study objective was to determine the association between antiresorptive use and low-trauma nonvertebral fracture in women 50 and older.

methodsThe design was a retrospective nested case-control study (density-based sampling) within the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study. There were 5,979 eligible women with 453 cases and 1,304 matched controls.

resultsThe current use of antiresorptives was associated with a decreased risk of fracture with OR = 0.68, 95% CI: 0.52-0.91; where OR is the adjusted odds ratio and CI is the confidence interval. Subgroup analysis yielded OR = 0.61, 95% CI: 0.42-0.89 for ages 50-74; OR = 0.76, 95% CI: 0.50-1.17 for ages 75+; OR = 0.58, 95% CI: 0.40-0.83 for those with a major risk factor; and OR = 0.92; 95% CI: 0.59-1.42 for those without a major risk factor. Major risk factors were prevalent low-trauma fracture, vertebral deformity (grade 2+), and BMD T-score < or = -2.5.

conclusionsAntiresorptive therapy is associated with a clinically important reduction in low-trauma nonvertebral fracture risk among community-dwelling women aged 50 and older. Antiresorptive therapy may be less effective for women 75 and older and women without major risk factors.

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Estrogen Replacement TherapyAgedBone Density Conservation AgentsBone ResorptionCase-Control StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesFractures, BoneHumansMiddle AgedOdds RatioRetrospective StudiesRiskTreatment OutcomeBone Density Conservation Agents

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PMID18581034
PMCPMC5101049
OpenAlexW1995513168

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