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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 USA2017

Predictors of near-term fracture in osteoporotic women aged ≥65 years, based on data from the study of osteoporotic fractures.

D Weycker, J Edelsberg, R Barron, M Atwood, G Oster, D B Crittenden, A Grauer

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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, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A meta-analysis of previous falls and subsequent fracture risk in cohort studies.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2024
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  3. The development and validation of a prediction model for imminent vertebral osteoporotic fracture in postmenopausal women.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2026
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  4. Development and validation of a predictive model for vertebral fracture risk in osteoporosis patients.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2024
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  5. Osteoporosis - An Imminent Ethical and Legal Debacle?Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2023
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  9. Prediction of imminent fracture risk in Canadian women and men aged 45 years or older: external validation of the Fracture Risk Evaluation Model (FREM).Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2022
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  10. Risk factors for imminent fractures: a substudy of the FRISBEE cohort.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2021
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  11. Short time horizons for fracture prediction tools: time for a rethink.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2021
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  16. Challenges and opportunities to improve fracture liaison service attendance: fracture registration and patient characteristics and motivations.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2019
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  18. Risk of imminent fracture following a previous fracture in a Swedish database study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

D WeyckerPolicy Analysis Inc. (PAI), Four Davis Court, Brookline, MA, 02445, USA. dweycker@pai2.com.
J EdelsbergPolicy Analysis Inc. (PAI), Four Davis Court, Brookline, MA, 02445, USA.
R BarronAmgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USA.
M AtwoodPolicy Analysis Inc. (PAI), Four Davis Court, Brookline, MA, 02445, USA.
G OsterPolicy Analysis Inc. (PAI), Four Davis Court, Brookline, MA, 02445, USA.
D B CrittendenAmgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USA.
A GrauerAmgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USA.
Policy Analysis (United States) · USAmgen (United States) · US

Funding

Study of Osteoporotic FracturesR01AG005407 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO · PI CUMMINGS, STEVEN RON, YAFFE, KRISTINE · 1986 to 2016
$23.2M
Study of Osteoporotic FracturesR01AG005394 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI ENSRUD, KRISTINE · 1986 to 2015
$6.1M
STUDY OF OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES: VERTEBRAL FRACTURESR01AR035583 · NIAMS · KAISER FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI HILLIER, TERESA A · 1986 to 2005
$3.2M
Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF)R01AG027574 · NIA · KAISER FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI HILLIER, TERESA A · 2006 to 2015
$2.6M
Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF)-Pittsburgh ClinicR01AG027576 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CAULEY, JANE ANN · 2006 to 2015
$2.4M
Study of Osteoporotic FracturesR01AR035582 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CAULEY, JANE · 1986 to 2005
$2.4M
Study of Osteoporotic FracturesR01AR035584 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI HOCHBERG, MARC C. · 1986 to 2005
$2.1M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR035582NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR035583NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR035584NIA NIH HHS R01 AG005394NIA NIH HHS R01 AG005407NIA NIH HHS R01 AG027574NIA NIH HHS R01 AG027576
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Using data from the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF), several clinical characteristics predictive of near-term (1-year) risk of hip and non-vertebral fracture among elderly osteoporotic women were identified, and a subset of those for hip fracture was incorporated into a risk assessment tool. Additional research is needed to validate study findings.

introductionWhile several risk factors are known to contribute to long-term fracture risk in women with osteoporosis, factors predicting fracture risk over a shorter time horizon, such as over a 1-year period, are less well-established.

methodsWe utilized a repeated-observations design and data from the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures to identify factors contributing to near-term risk of hip fracture and any non-vertebral fracture, respectively, among osteoporotic women aged ≥65 years. Potential predictors of hip fracture and any non-vertebral fracture over the 1-year period subsequent to each qualifying SOF exam were examined using multivariable frailty models. Because the discriminative ability of the hip fracture model was acceptable, a corresponding risk-prediction tool was also developed.

resultsStudy population included 2499 women with osteoporosis, who contributed 6811 observations. Incidence of fracture in the 1-year period subsequent to each exam was 2.2% for hip fracture and 6.6% for any non-vertebral fracture. Independent predictors of hip fracture included low total hip T-score, prior fracture, and risk factors for falls (multivariable model c-statistic = 0.71 (95% CI 0.67-0.76)). Independent predictors of any non-vertebral fracture included age, total hip T-score, prior falls, prior fracture, walking speed, Parkinson's disease or stroke, and smoking (multivariable model c-statistic = 0.62 (0.59-0.65)).

conclusionsSeveral clinical characteristics predictive of hip and non-vertebral fracture within a 1-year follow-up period among elderly women with osteoporosis were identified, and a subset of those for hip fracture was incorporated into a risk assessment tool. Assessment of these risk factors may help guide osteoporosis treatment choices by identifying patients in whom there is urgency to treat. Additional research is needed to validate the findings of this study and the accuracy of the risk assessment tool.

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Accidental FallsAgedAged, 80 and overAge FactorsFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHip FracturesHumansOsteoporosis, PostmenopausalOsteoporotic FracturesRecurrenceRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsUnited StatesWalkingBoneFracturesOsteoporosisRisk factors

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PMCPMC5550536
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