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| Title |
Laxative use and incident falls, fractures and change in bone mineral density in postmenopausal women: results from the Women’s Health Initiative
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| Published in |
BMC Geriatrics, May 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2318-13-38 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Bernhard Haring, Mary Pettinger, Jennifer W Bea, Jean Wactawski-Wende, Ryan M Carnahan, Judith K Ockene, Moritz Wyler von Ballmoos, Robert B Wallace, Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller |
| Abstract |
Laxatives are among the most widely used over-the-counter medications in the United States but studies examining their potential hazardous side effects are sparse. Associations between laxative use and risk for fractures and change in bone mineral density [BMD] have not previously been investigated. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 2 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 57 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 56 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 12 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 9% |
| Researcher | 4 | 7% |
| Professor | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 7 | 12% |
| Unknown | 18 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 19% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 11% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 5% |
| Psychology | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 3 | 5% |
| Unknown | 24 | 42% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 June 2023.
All research outputs
#2,179,922
of 23,981,346 outputs
Outputs from BMC Geriatrics
#518
of 3,282 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#18,364
of 194,999 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Geriatrics
#3
of 25 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 3,282 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 10.0. This one has done well, scoring higher than 84% of its peers.
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