Does medication adherence itself confer fracture protection? An investigation of the healthy adherer effect in observational data

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1855-1863

  Curtis, Jeffrey R ^a   Yun, Huifeng ^a   Lange, Jeff L ^b   Matthews, Robert ^a   Sharma, Pradeep ^a   Saag, Kenneth G ^a   Delzell, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RADIUS FRACTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FRACTURE; ULNA FRACTURE; WRIST FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIPHOSPHONATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870490270     PISSN: 2151464X     EISSN: 21514658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acr.21759     Document Type: Article

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