Joan C. Lo, MD

Articles

March 7th 2024

Challenges of Fracture Risk Assessment in Asian and Black Women

Joan C. Lo, MD Malini Chandra, MS, MBA Wei Yang, MD Nailah Thompson, DO, MPH Catherine Lee, PhD Mohan Ramaswamy, MD Mehreen Khan, MD Amber Wheeler, MD

Differences in bone density and FRAX fracture risk scores among Black and Asian women yield greater discordance in fracture risk estimation compared with White women.

March 10th 2021

Variation in Fracture Risk Estimation Among East Asian Women

Joan C. Lo, MD Shefali Nath, MD, MPH Minal Patel, MD Malini Chandra, MS, MBA Betsy Yang, MD Miranda Ritterman Weintraub, PhD, MPH Bruce Ettinger, MD

Fracture prediction tools for East Asian individuals vary by country. In the United States, the US-Asian Fracture Risk Assessment Tool provides hip fracture probabilities that correspond to observed estimates.

December 20th 2017

Trends in Bisphosphonate Initiation Within an Integrated Healthcare Delivery System

Rami J. Hosein, MD, MPH Joan C. Lo, MD Bruce Ettinger, MD Bonnie H. Li, MS Fang Niu, MS Rita L. Hui, PharmD, MS Annette L. Adams, PhD, MPH

The authors observed a marked shift toward treatment of higher-risk subsets of younger postmenopausal women (with prior fracture and/or with osteoporosis), and away from women at lower risk.

September 13th 2017

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Hip Fracture Outcomes in Men

Lucy H. Liu, MD, MPH Malini Chandra, MS, MBA Joel R. Gonzalez, MPH, MPP Joan C. Lo, MD

Racial and ethnic differences in hip fracture incidence and mortality outcome were observed within a diverse population of older men, with lower rates of both among Asians.

October 11th 2016

Mortality Following Hip Fracture in Chinese, Japanese, and Filipina Women

Minal C. Patel, MD Malini Chandra, MS, MBA Joan C. Lo, MD

One-year mortality following hip fracture in Asian American women is comparable among Chinese, Japanese, and Filipina women, comprising nearly three-fourths of the Asian population examined.

April 15th 2015

Trends in Mortality Following Hip Fracture in Older Women

Joan C. Lo, MD Sowmya Srinivasan, MD Malini Chandra, MS, MBA Mary Patton, MD Amer Budayr, MD Lucy H. Liu, MD Gene Lau, MD Christopher D. Grimsrud, MD, PhD

Within an integrated healthcare setting, temporal trends demonstrate reductions in mortality risk after hip fracture in older women, with mortality risk lower for Asians and Hispanics.

March 23rd 2011

Fracture Risk Tool Validation in an Integrated Healthcare Delivery System

Joan C. Lo, MD Alice R. Pressman, MS, PhD Malini Chandra, MS Bruce Ettinger, MD

The FORE Fracture Risk Calculator provided rapid assessment of population hip fracture risk with some underestimation compared with observed hip fracture probabilities.