Osteoporosis

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Osteoporosis: epidemiology

Asia

• Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia
  • An updated hip fracture projection in Asia: The Asian Federation of Osteoporosis Societies study [2018]

Asia-Pacific

• Osteoporosis International
  • Prevalence of osteoporosis and incidence of related fractures in developed economies in the Asia Pacific region: a systematic review [2023]

Australia

• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
  • Estimating the prevalence of osteoporosis in Australia [2014]

Austria

• Osteoporosis International
  • Epidemiology and economic burden of fragility fractures in Austria [2022]

Brazil

• Clinical Interventions in Aging
  • The epidemiology and management of postmenopausal osteoporosis: a viewpoint from Brazil [2015]

Canada

• Archives of Osteoporosis
  • An update of the prevalence of osteoporosis, fracture risk factors, and medication use among community-dwelling older adults: results from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) [2022]

• Osteoporosis International
  • The burden of illness of osteoporosis in Canada [2012]

Chile

• Journal of Osteoporosis
  • Epidemiology and Direct Medical Cost of Osteoporotic Hip Fracture in Chile [2020]

China

• BMC Public Health
  • Prevalence rate of primary osteoporosis in China: a meta-analysis [2024]
  • Prevalence of osteoporosis in China: a meta-analysis and systematic review [2016]

• Clinical Interventions in Aging
  • Epidemiology and management of osteoporosis in the People’s Republic of China: current perspectives [2015]

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • The prevalence of osteoporosis in China, a community based cohort study of osteoporosis [2023]
  • Burden of falls attributable to low bone mineral density among people aged 60 years and over in China from 1990 to 2019 [2023]

• JAMA Network Open
  • Prevalence of Osteoporosis and Fracture in China: The China Osteoporosis Prevalence Study [2021]

• Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • Opportunistic Screening Using Low-Dose CT and the Prevalence of Osteoporosis in China: A Nationwide, Multicenter Study [2021]
  • The Prevalence of Osteoporosis in China, a Nationwide, Multicenter DXA Survey [2019]

• Journal of Global Health
  • Prevalence of osteoporosis and associated factors among Chinese adults: a systematic review and modelling study [2025]

• Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
  • The prevalence of osteoporotic fractures in the elderly in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]

Ecuador

• Archives of Osteoporosis
  • Decreasing incidence rates of osteoporotic hip fractures in Ecuador during the COVID-19 pandemic [2022]

Europe

• International Osteoporosis Foundation
  • Osteoporosis in the European Union: medical management, epidemiology and economic burden [2013]
  • Osteoporosis in the European Union: a compendium of country-specific reports [2013]

Germany

• BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • Prevalence and comorbidity of osteoporosis– a cross-sectional analysis on 10,660 adults aged 50 years and older in Germany [2018]

• Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
  • The Epidemiology of Osteoporosis [2013]

• Scientific Reports
  • Increased incidence of vertebral fractures in German adults from 2009 to 2019 and the analysis of secondary diagnoses, treatment, costs, and in-hospital mortality [2023]

Hong Kong

• Osteoporosis and Sarcopenia
  • Prevalence of osteoporosis in elderly women in Hong Kong [2021]

India

• International Osteoporosis Foundation
  • The Asia-Pacific Regional Audit-Epidemiology, Costs, and Burden of Osteoporosis in India 2013: A report of International Osteoporosis Foundation [2014]

• Journal of Mid-Life Health
  • Burden of Osteopenia and Osteoporosis Among Postmenopausal Women in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2022]

International

• BMC Public Health
  • Differences in the global exposure, mortality and disability of low bone mineral density between men and women: the underestimated burden in men [2023]

• British Medical Bulletin
  • The Epidemiology of Osteoporosis [2020]

• Climacteric
  • Osteoporosis and fractures in women: the burden of disease [2022]

• Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • The Global Burden of Osteoporosis, Low Bone Mass, and Its Related Fracture in 204 Countries and Territories, 1990-2019 [2022]
  • Global, Regional, and National Burden of Low Bone Mineral Density From 1990 to 2019: Results From the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 [2022]

• International Osteoporosis Foundation
  • A systematic review of hip fracture incidence and probability of fracture worldwide [2012]
  • Secular trends in the incidence of hip and other osteoporotic fractures [2011]
  • Facts and Statistics
  • Epidemiology

• Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
  • The global prevalence of osteoporosis in the world: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]
  • Global prevalence of osteoporosis among the world older adults: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]

Iran

• Clinical Medicine Insights. Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • Prevalence of Osteoporosis Among Iranian Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [2022]

• International Journal of Preventive Medicine
  • Prevalence of Osteoporosis and Osteopenia in People Over 60 Years in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis [2022]

• Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
  • Prevalence of osteoporosis in Iran: A meta-analysis [2013]

Italy

• BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • Prevalence of osteoporosis in the Italian population and main risk factors: results of BoneTour Campaign [2016]

• Bone
  • Trends in hip and distal femoral fracture rates in Italy from 2007 to 2017 [2021]

Japan

• Journal of Orthopaedic Science
  • Deaths caused by osteoporotic fractures in Japan: An epidemiological study [2024]

Jordan

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Osteoporosis among Postmenopausal Women in Jordan: A National Cross-Sectional Study [2022]

Mexico

• Archives of Osteoporosis
  • Estimated frequency and economic burden of incident fragility fractures during 2023 in Mexico [2024]

Netherlands

• Calcified Tissue International
  • Current and Future Incidence and Costs of Osteoporosis-Related Fractures in The Netherlands: Combining Claims Data with BMD Measurements [2016]

• PLoS Medicine
  • The Epidemiology of Hip and Major Osteoporotic Fractures in a Dutch Population of Community-Dwelling Elderly: Implications for the Dutch FRAX® Algorithm [2015]

Norway

• BMC Geriatrics
  • Cause-specific excess mortality after hip fracture: the Norwegian Epidemiologic Osteoporosis Studies (NOREPOS) [2023]

Qatar

• Archives of Osteoporosis
  • Epidemiology of hip fracture in Qatar and development of a country specific FRAX model [2022]

Republic of Korea

• Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Epidemiology of Osteoporosis and Osteoporotic Fractures in South Korea [2013]

• Healthcare
  • Characteristics of Osteoporosis & Osteoporotic Fractures in Korea Based on Health Insurance Review and Assessment (HIRA) Database: 2009–2017 [2021]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Influence of Residence Area and Basic Livelihood Conditions on the Prevalence and Diagnosis Experience of Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women Aged over 50 Years: Evaluation Using Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Data [2021]

• Journal of Korean Medical Science
  • Trend in Hip Fracture Incidence and Mortality in Korea: A Prospective Cohort Study from 2002 to 2011 [2015]
  • New Reference Data on Bone Mineral Density and the Prevalence of Osteoporosis in Korean Adults Aged 50 Years or Older: The Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2008-2010 [2014]

• Osteoporosis International
  • Temporal change in the diagnosis and treatment rates of osteoporosis: results from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey [2021]

• PLoS ONE
  • Prevalence and diagnosis experience of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women over 50: Focusing on socioeconomic factors [2021]

• Yonsei Medical Journal
  • Prevalence of Osteoporosis in the Korean Population Based on Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES), 2008-2011 [2014]

Saudi Arabia

• Archives of Osteoporosis
  • Incidence of hip fracture in Saudi Arabia and the development of a FRAX model [2022]

Singapore

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Estimation of Prevalence of Osteoporosis Using OSTA and Its Correlation with Sociodemographic Factors, Disability and Comorbidities [2019]

Spain

• Archives of Osteoporosis
  • Prevalence and treatment of fragility fractures in Spanish primary care: PREFRAOS study [2022]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• Ghana Medical Journal
  • A call to action for osteoporosis research in sub-saharan Africa [2020]

Sub-Saharan Africa, United Kingdom, United States

• Current Osteoporosis Reports
  • Disparities in the Prevalence of Osteoporosis and Osteopenia in Men and Women Living in Sub-Saharan Africa, the UK, and the USA [2023]

Switzerland

• Osteoporosis International
  • Hospitalizations for major osteoporotic fractures in Switzerland: a long-term trend analysis between 1998 and 2018 [2022]

United Kingdom

• Bone
  • Epidemiology of Fractures in the United Kingdom 1988-2012: Variation with age, sex, geography, ethnicity and socioeconomic status [2016]

• Osteoporosis International
  • Trends in incidence of recorded diagnosis of osteoporosis, osteopenia, and fragility fractures in people aged 50 years and above: retrospective cohort study using UK primary care data [2023]

United States

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Osteoporosis or low bone mass in older adults : United States, 2017–2018 [2021]
  • Osteoporosis

• Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • The Recent Prevalence of Osteoporosis and Low Bone Mass in the United States Based on Bone Mineral Density at the Femoral Neck or Lumbar Spine [2014]

• Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
  • The trend of osteoporosis and osteoporotic fragility fractures in inpatients: results from a national database [2019]

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