Blar i forfatter "Eisman, John A."

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    • Fracture incidence rates in Norwegian children, The Tromsø Study, Fit Futures 

      Christoffersen, Tore; Ahmed, Luai Awad; Winther, Anne; Nilsen, Ole-Andreas; Furberg, Anne-Sofie; Grimnes, Guri; Dennison, Elaine; Center, Jacqueline R; Eisman, John A.; Emaus, Nina (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-12-08)
      Summary: <br> This study describes childhood fracture rates in Norway, a country known for high fracture rates in the adult population. Fracture rates correspond with other reports from Scandinavia, although with a slightly higher proportion in girls. Indications of increased vulnerability during stages of puberty require further exploration. <p>Introduction: Fractures are common injuries during ...

    • Important risk factors and attributable risk of vertebral fractures in the population-based Tromsø study 

      Waterloo, Svanhild Haugnes; Ngyen, T; Ahmed, Luai A.; Center, J; Morseth, Bente; Ngyen, ND; Eisman, John A.; Søgaard, Anne Johanne; Emaus, Nina (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Vertebral fractures, the most common type of osteoporotic fractures, are associated with increased risk of subsequent fracture, morbidity, and mortality. The aim of this study was to examine the contribution of important risk factors to the variability in vertebral fracture risk. Vertebral fracture was ascertained by VFA method (DXA, GE Lunar Prodigy) in 2887 men and women, aged between 38 and 87 ...

    • Prevalence of vertebral fractures in women and men in the population-based Tromsø Study 

      Waterloo, Svanhild Haugnes; Ahmed, Luai A.; Center, Jacqueline; Eisman, John A.; Morseth, Bente; Nguyen, Nguyen D.; Nguyen, Tuan; Søgaard, Anne Johanne; Emaus, Nina (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Osteoporotic vertebral fractures are, as the hip fractures, associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Norway has one of the highest reported incidences of hip fractures in the world. Because of methodological challenges, vertebral fractures are not extensively studied. The aim of this population based study was to describe, for the first time, the age- and sex specific occurrence of ...