Overdiagnosis of osteoporosis: fact or fallacy?

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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Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Osteoporosis in 2022: Care gaps to screening and personalised medicine.Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology · 2022
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2. Reliability of a Risk-Factor Questionnaire for Osteoporosis: A Primary Care Survey Study with Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry Ground Truth.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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3. Screening for high hip fracture risk does not impact on falls risk: a post hoc analysis from the SCOOP study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2020
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4. General and Specific Considerations as to why Osteoporosis-Related Care Is Often Suboptimal.Current osteoporosis reports · 2020
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5. A brief history of FRAX.Archives of osteoporosis · 2018
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6. The role of carboxy-terminal cross-linking telopeptide of type I collagen, dual x-ray absorptiometry bone strain and Romberg test in a new osteoporotic fracture risk evaluation: A proposal from an observational study.PloS one · 2018
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7. Geographic variation in secondary fracture prevention after a hip fracture during 1999-2013: a UK study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2017
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8. Screening for osteoporosis in Chinese post-menopausal women: a health economic modelling study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2016
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9. Both falling and bone fragility should be targeted to prevent hip fracture in older adults.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2016
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10. A Comprehensive Fracture Prevention Strategy in Older Adults: The European Union Geriatric Medicine Society (EUGMS) Statement.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2016
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11. The real enemy is fragility fracture, not osteoporosis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2016
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Corrections and comments

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  Overdiagnosis of bone fragility in the quest to prevent hip fracture.2015

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