Several recent studies suggest that obesity may be a risk factor for fracture. The aim of this
study was to investigate the association between body mass index (BMI) and future fracture …

… Saeko Fujiwara; Saeko Fujiwara … Lennie Wong, Saeko Fujiwara, Masazumi Akahoshi, Gen
Suzuki; Noncancer Disease Incidence in Atomic Bomb Survivors, 1958–1998. Radiat Res 1 …

… 1 , Y Hayashi, M Fukunaga, T Sone, S Fujiwara, M Shiraki, K Kushida, S Miyamoto, S
Soen, J Nishimura, Y Oh-Hashi, T Hosoi, I Gorai, H Tanaka, T Igai, H Kishimoto; Osteoporosis …

Introduction In 1998, the first Japanese practice guidelines on osteoporosis was published.
It has been updated several times, with the most recent being the full-scale 2011 edition and …

Increasing evidence indicates a significant role for vitamin K in bone metabolism and
osteoporosis. In this study, we found a large geographic difference in serum vitamin K2 (…

Hip fracture incidence rates among men and women of Japanese ancestry living on Oahu,
Hawaii, from 1979 to 1981 were compared with rates for Japanese living on Okinawa, Japan, …

Objectives Hip fracture is a major public health problem. Earlier studies projected that the
total number of hip fracture will increase dramatically by 2050, and most of the hip fracture will …

… Saeko Fujiwara; Saeko Fujiwara … Kazuo Neriishi, Eiji Nakashima, Atsushi Minamoto,
Saeko Fujiwara, Masazumi Akahoshi, Hiromu K. Mishima, Takashi Kitaoka, Roy E. Shore; …

In a cohort of 2356 Japanese elderly, after adjusting for age and prevalent vertebral fracture,
baseline BMD predicted the risk of spine and hip fracture with similar RR to that obtained …

In 1995, the Japanese Society for Bone and Mineral Metabolism (now the Japanese Society
for Bone and Mineral Research) established the Osteoporosis Diagnostic Criteria Review …