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SynthesisOsteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2020

Effects of glucocorticoids on osteoporosis in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Y Wang, R Zhao, Z Gu, C Dong, G Guo, L Li

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Synthesis in Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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43citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Vitamin D and bone health status in beta thalassemia patients-systematic review.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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  10. Osteoporosis in rheumatoid arthritis: a new perspective on risk factors and clinical prediction models.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026
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  14. Preoperative assessment of spinal bone quality using Hounsfield unit values and vertebral bone quality scores in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a retrospective propensity-matched study.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 · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Y WangResearch Center of Clinical Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
R ZhaoResearch Center of Clinical Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Z GuResearch Center of Gerontology and Longevity, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
C DongResearch Center of Clinical Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
G GuoDepartment of Rheumatology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, 20th Xisi Road, Nantong, 226001, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China. guogenkai@126.com.
L LiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, 20th Xisi Road, Nantong, 226001, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China. larry017@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1691-1621
Nantong University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81671616National Natural Science Foundation of China 81871278Science and technology Project of Jiangsu Province BE2018671
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We evaluated the effects of glucocorticoids on bone mineral density (BMD), and prevalence of osteoporosis and fracture in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by meta-analysis. Until June 26, 2019, we conducted a systematic literature search in EMBASE, Web of science, PubMed, and Cochrane Library to obtain BMD and the prevalence of osteoporosis and fracture in glucocorticoid-treated subjects with RA. The BMD of the treatment and control groups were analyzed by meta-analysis (Stata. version 15), and the 95% confidence interval (CI) was calculated. We identified 15 observational studies, including 46,711 RA subjects and 857 healthy controls. The BMD of the lumbar spine (- 0.038 g/cm

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Arthritis, RheumatoidGlucocorticoidsOsteoporosisBone DensityFemur NeckHumansGlucocorticoidsBone mineral densityFractureGlucocorticoidMeta-analysisOsteoporosisRheumatoid arthritis

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PMID32291467
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