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| Kerry E BroeSummaryAffiliation: Harvard University Country: USA Publications
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A higher dose of vitamin d reduces the risk of falls in nursing home residents: a randomized, multiple-dose studyKerry E Broe
Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts 02131, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:234-9. 2007..To determine the effect of four vitamin D supplement doses on falls risk in elderly nursing home residents...
Vascular calcification in middle age and long-term risk of hip fracture: the Framingham StudyElizabeth J Samelson
Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts 02131, USA
J Bone Miner Res 22:1449-54. 2007..This study examined the relation between severity of aortic calcification in middle-age years and subsequent risk of hip fracture in women and men in the population-based Framingham Study...- Protective effect of high protein and calcium intake on the risk of hip fracture in the Framingham offspring cohortShivani Sahni
Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
J Bone Miner Res 25:2770-6. 2010..Calcium intake modifies the association of protein intake and the risk of hip fracture in this cohort and may explain the lack of concordance seen in previous studies... - Homocysteine as a predictive factor for hip fracture in older personsRobert R McLean
Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged Research and Training Institute, Boston, USA
N Engl J Med 350:2042-9. 2004..We examined the association between the total homocysteine concentration and the risk of hip fracture in men and women enrolled in the Framingham Study... - Dietary acid load is not associated with lower bone mineral density except in older menRobert R McLean
Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA 02131, USA
J Nutr 141:588-94. 2011..These results suggest that, with a possible exception of older men, dietary acid load does not have a measureable negative effect on bone health, regardless of total calcium intake... 
QCT measures of bone strength at the thoracic and lumbar spine: the Framingham StudyElizabeth J Samelson
Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA 02131, USA
J Bone Miner Res 27:654-63. 2012..Our study confirms the importance of evaluating determinants of vertebral strength in both the thoracic and lumbar spine and in both women and men to understand mechanisms underlying the structural failure of vertebral bodies with aging...- Associations between vitamin K biochemical measures and bone mineral density in men and womenSarah L Booth
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89:4904-9. 2004..Clinical trials are required to isolate any putative effects of vitamin K on rates of bone loss. The target population in these trials, particularly in regard to estrogen use, may be critical, as suggested by the findings of this study... - Heritability of prevalent vertebral fracture and volumetric bone mineral density and geometry at the lumbar spine in three generations of the Framingham studyChing Ti Liu
Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
J Bone Miner Res 27:954-8. 2012.... - Subsequent fracture in nursing home residents with a hip fracture: a competing risks approachSarah D Berry
Hebrew SeniorLife, Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts 02131, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:1887-92. 2008..To determine the incidence and predictors of subsequent fracture in nursing home residents with a hip fracture, accounting for the competing risk of death... - Increased plasma osteoprotegerin concentrations are associated with indices of bone strength of the hipElizabeth J Samelson
Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, 1200 Centre Street, Boston, MA 02131, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 93:1789-95. 2008..We conducted a cross-sectional study to evaluate the association between plasma OPG and femoral neck (FN) bone density (BMD) and geometry in a large cohort of women and men... - Vitamin K intake and bone mineral density in women and menSarah L Booth
Jean Mayer US Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 77:512-6. 2003..Low dietary vitamin K intake has been associated with an increased risk of hip fracture in men and women. Few data exist on the association between dietary vitamin K intake and bone mineral density (BMD)... - Foot pain: is current or past shoewear a factor?Alyssa B Dufour
Boston University School of Public Health and the Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, Massachusetts 02131, USA
Arthritis Rheum 61:1352-8. 2009..In this cross-sectional study of men and women from the population-based Framingham Study, the association between foot pain and type of shoewear was examined... - Metacarpal cortical area and risk of coronary heart disease: the Framingham StudyElizabeth J Samelson
Research and Training Institute, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged, 1200 Center Street, Boston, MA 02131, USA
Am J Epidemiol 159:589-95. 2004..53, 1.00; p(trend) = 0.03). In contrast, no association was present in men (highest vs. lowest quartile of metacarpal cortical area: hazard ratio = 1.14, 95% confidence interval: 0.84, 1.56; p(trend) = 0.55)...