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ArticleBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2015

Overdiagnosis of bone fragility in the quest to prevent hip fracture.

Teppo L N Järvinen, Karl Michaëlsson, Jarkko Jokihaara, Gary S Collins, Thomas L Perry, Barbara Mintzes, Vijaya Musini, Juan Erviti, Javier Gorricho, James M Wright and 1 more

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Article in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Teppo L N JärvinenDepartment of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Karl MichaëlssonDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Section of Orthopaedics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Jarkko JokihaaraDepartment of Hand Surgery, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
Gary S CollinsCentre for Statistics in Medicine, Botnar Research Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Thomas L PerryDepartments of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics and Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Barbara MintzesFaculty of Pharmacy and Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Vijaya MusiniDepartments of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics and Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Juan ErvitiDrug Information Unit, Navarre Regional Health Service, Pamplona, Navarre, Spain.
Javier GorrichoDepartment of Health, Government of Navarre, Pamplona, Navarre, Spain.
James M WrightDepartments of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, and Therapeutics and Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Harri SievänenUKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland.

Funding

Medical Research Council G1100513
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Inappropriate PrescribingEuropeHip FracturesHumansOsteoporosisRisk Management

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PMID26013536

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