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The limitations of using simple definitions of glucocorticoid exposure to predict fracture risk: a cohort study
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Purpose: To evaluate the effects of different definitions of glucocorticoid (GC) exposure on the magnitude and pattern of fracture risk using the same dataset.
Methods: Data from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were extracted from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink, a primary care database with electronic health records in the United Kingdom. Patients exposed to oral GCs were matched to up to two unexposed patients by age, gender and location. The first osteoporotic fr...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1016/j.bone.2018.09.004
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National Institute for Health Research
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British Heart Foundation
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International Osteoporosis Foundation
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Publisher's website
- Journal:
- BONE Journal website
- Volume:
- 117
- Pages:
- 83-90
- Publication date:
- 2018-09-13
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-09-09
- DOI:
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1873-2763
- ISSN:
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8756-3282
- Source identifiers:
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916021
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- pubs:916021
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- 2018-09-10
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- Copyright holder:
- Robinson, et al
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- © 2018 Robinson, et al. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article published under a Creative Commons license, see: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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