Epidemiology of Fractures

Risk Factors for Falls among Elderly Persons Living in the Community

1988 • 6,422 citations

Hip fractures in the elderly: A world-wide projection

1992 • 2,974 citations

World-wide Projections for Hip Fracture

1997 • 2,111 citations

Risk factors for recurrent nonsyncopal falls. A prospective study

1989 • 1,511 citations

Prevalence of low femoral bone density in older U.S. women from NHANES III

1995 • 1,400 citations

Perspective how many women have osteoporosis?

1992 • 1,379 citations

Medical Expenditures for the Treatment of Osteoporotic Fractures in the United States in 1995: Report from the National Osteoporosis Foundation

1997 • 1,317 citations

Risk Factors for Recurrent Nonsyncopal Falls

1989 • 1,188 citations

Prevalence of Low Femoral Bone Density in Older U.S. Adults from NHANES III

1997 • 948 citations

The prevalence of vertebral deformity in European men and women: The european vertebral osteoporosis study

1996 • 935 citations

How Many Women Have Osteoporosis?

2005 • 727 citations

The future of hip fractures in the United States. Numbers, costs, and potential effects of postmenopausal estrogen.

1990 • 638 citations

Osteoporosis: Etiology, diagnosis, and management

1996 • 604 citations

The aging of America. Impact on health care costs

1990 • 592 citations

Which Fractures Are Associated with Low Appendicular Bone Mass in Elderly Women?

1991 • 569 citations

Fractures Attributable to Osteoporosis: Report from the National Osteoporosis Foundation

1997 • 534 citations

Risk Factors for Osteoporotic Fractures in Elderly Men

1996 • 447 citations

Basic Epidemiology of Fractures of the Upper and Lower Limb among Americans over 65 Years of Age

1996 • 432 citations

Epidemiology of ankle fractures in Rochester, Minnesota

1987 • 431 citations

The Aging of America

1990 • 423 citations

Epidemiologic Features of Humeral Fractures

1982 • 414 citations

The Future of Hip Fractures in the United States

1990 • 407 citations

Race and sex differences in hip fracture incidence.

1984 • 402 citations

The apparent incidence of hip fracture in Europe: A study of national register sources

1992 • 387 citations

Fracture Incidence in Olmsted County, Minnesota: Comparison of Urban with Rural Rates and Changes in Urban Rates Over time

1999 • 384 citations

Proximal femur bone mineral levels of US adults

1995 • 324 citations

The variable incidence of hip fracture in Southern Europe: The MEDOS study

1994 • 321 citations

Racial differences in hip axis lengths might explain racial differences in rates of hip fracture

1994 • 314 citations

Incidence of Colles' fracture in a North American community.

1982 • 304 citations

Incidence of fractures in a geographically defined population.

1990 • 295 citations

Secular trends in the incidence of hip fractures

1987 • 291 citations

Prevalence of Osteoporosis in High- and Low-Fluoride Areas in North Dakota

1966 • 280 citations

A Comparison of Hip Fracture Incidence among Native Japanese, Japanese Americans, and American Caucasians

1991 • 266 citations

Decreased incidence of hip fracture in Hispanics, Asians, and blacks: California Hospital Discharge Data.

1988 • 256 citations

Do variations in hip geometry explain differences in hip fracture risk between japanese and white americans?

1994 • 244 citations

Increasing age-adjusted risk of fragility fractures: A sign of increasing osteoporosis in successive generations?

1989 • 232 citations

Incidence of Fractures in Persons over 35 Years of Age: A Report to the M.R.C. Working Party on Fractures in the Elderly

1964 • 231 citations

Epidemiologic Features of Pelvic Fractures

1981 • 223 citations

Hip fracture incidence among the old and very old: a population-based study of 745,435 cases.

1990 • 222 citations

Vertebral Fracture Prevalence in Women in Hiroshima Compared to Caucasians or Japanese in the US

1995 • 215 citations

Very Low Rates of Hip Fracture in Beijing, People's Republic of China: The Beijing Osteoporosis Project

1996 • 215 citations

OSTEOPOROSIS AND FRACTURE OF THE FEMORAL NECK IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN BANTU

1968 • 197 citations

RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN FRACTURE RISK

1994 • 197 citations

Differences in bone mineral in young Asian and Caucasian Americans may reflect differences in bone size

1996 • 195 citations

Long-Term Trends in the Incidence of Distal Forearm Fractures

1998 • 195 citations

Epidemiology of proximal humeral fractures

1987 • 192 citations

Regional variation in the incidence of hip fracture. US white women aged 65 years and older.

1990 • 187 citations

Origins of u.s. Hispanics: Implications for Diabetes

1991 • 179 citations

Perimenopausal risk of falling and incidence of distal forearm fracture.

1989 • 175 citations

Hip Fracture Incidence among Elderly Asian-American Populations

1997 • 169 citations

BONE DENSITY IN AGEING CAUCASIAN AND AFRICAN POPULATIONS

1979 • 167 citations

Changes in the Incidence of Fracture of the Upper End of the Humerus During a 30-Year Period

1988 • 164 citations

Low bone mineral content is common but osteoporotic fractures are rare in elderly rural Gambian women

1996 • 148 citations

Bone mineral density and mass in a cross-sectional study of white and asian women

1993 • 134 citations

Epidemiology of pelvic fractures in a Swedish county

1992 • 133 citations

Limb fractures in a defined population. I. Frequency and distribution.

1979 • 133 citations

TIME TRENDS IN INCIDENCE RATES OF FIRST HIP FRACTURE IN THE UPPSALA HEALTH CARE REGION, SWEDEN, 1965-1983

1989 • 128 citations

Long-Term Trends in Hip Fracture Prevalence: The Influence of Hip Fracture Incidence and Survival

1998 • 127 citations

Sources of interracial variation in bone mineral density

1995 • 122 citations

Regional Variation in the Incidence of Hip Fracture

1990 • 122 citations

Hospitalization with Vertebral Fracture among the Aged: A National Population-Based Study, 1986–1989

1992 • 121 citations

Normal ranges for vertebral height ratios and prevalence of vertebral fracture in hong kong chinese: A comparison with American caucasians

1996 • 120 citations

Black-White Differences in Fracture Rates

1992 • 119 citations

Downturn in hip fracture incidence.

1996 • 115 citations

Body Size Accounts for Most Differences in Bone Density Between Asian and Caucasian Women

1996 • 110 citations

Muscle Strength and Fall Rates Among Residents of Japanese and American Nursing Homes: An International Cross‐Cultural Study

1994 • 109 citations

Trends in admissions for hip fracture in England and Wales, 1968-85.

1990 • 104 citations

Hip fracture rates in Hong Kong and the United States, 1988 through 1989.

1993 • 101 citations

The hospital burden of vertebral fracture in Europe: A study of national register sources

1997 • 87 citations

Hip Fracture in Hong Kong and Britain

1990 • 87 citations

Incidence of pelvic fractures in Finland in 1988

1995 • 83 citations

Factors contributing to skeletal health of postmenopausal Mexican-American women

1995 • 83 citations

Osteoporosis: Etiology, diagnosis, and management, 2nd ed

1996 • 81 citations

Bone mass in an urban and a rural population: A comparative, population-based study in Southern Sweden

1991 • 78 citations

Fractures of the Hip and Distal Forearm in West Africa and the United Kingdom

1991 • 78 citations

The incidence of fractures of the proximal femur and the distal radius in Tottori prefecture, Japan

1989 • 67 citations

Secular trends in the incidence of postmenopausal vertebral fractures

1992 • 63 citations

Comparison of bone mineral content among Japanese, Koreans, and Taiwanese assessed by dual-photon absorptiometry

1992 • 60 citations

Low Risk of Vertebral Fracture in Mexican American Women

1987 • 59 citations

Patterns of fracture among the United States elderly: Geographic and fluoride effects

1996 • 58 citations

Incidence of Hip Fractures, United States, 1970-83

1989 • 56 citations

Epidemiology of fractures of the proximal femur associated with osteoporosis in Barcelona, Spain

1989 • 56 citations

Fractured neck of femur. Prevention and management. Summary and recommendations of a report of the Royal College of Physicians.

1989 • 54 citations

Femoral neck fractures: admissions, bed use, outcome and projections

1986 • 51 citations

The incidence of femoral neck fractures in New Zealand.

1980 • 47 citations

No secular increase in the prevalence of vertebral fractures due to postmenopausal osteoporosis

1992 • 28 citations

Admission Rates for hip Fracture in Australia in the last Decade: The New South Wales scene in a world perspective

1993 • 21 citations

Epidemiology and socio-economic aspects of osteoporosis in Finland.

1988 • 15 citations

FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES AMONG THE MAJOR RACIAL GROUPS IN SINGAPORE. INCIDENCE PATTERNS COMPARED WITH NON-ASIAN COMMUNITIES. II.

1964 • 14 citations

Hip fracture in the elderly in Spain

1992 • 9 citations

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF FRACTURES IN THE AGED, ITS APPLICATION IN SINGAPORE.

1965 • 2 citations