Kristine E. Ensrud

79.6k total citations · 21 hit papers
622 papers, 56.6k citations indexed

About

Kristine E. Ensrud is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Surgery and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kristine E. Ensrud has authored 622 papers receiving a total of 56.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 312 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 184 papers in Surgery and 144 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Kristine E. Ensrud's work include Bone health and osteoporosis research (305 papers), Hip and Femur Fractures (150 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (90 papers). Kristine E. Ensrud is often cited by papers focused on Bone health and osteoporosis research (305 papers), Hip and Femur Fractures (150 papers) and Nutrition and Health in Aging (90 papers). Kristine E. Ensrud collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Kristine E. Ensrud's co-authors include Jane A. Cauley, Steven R. Cummings, Dennis M. Black, Katie L. Stone, Michael C. Nevitt, Eric Orwoll, Douglas C. Bauer, Warren S. Browner, Peggy M. Cawthon and Harry K. Genant and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Kristine E. Ensrud

603 papers receiving 54.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Randomised trial of effect of alendronate on risk of fracture in women with existing vertebral fractures
    1996 2.9k citations Steven R. Cummings, Jane A. Cauley et al. profile →
  2. Risk Factors for Hip Fracture in White Women
    1995 2.8k citations Steven R. Cummings, Katie L. Stone et al. profile →
  3. Bone density at various sites for prediction of hip fractures
    1993 1.9k citations Steven R. Cummings, Steven R. Cummings et al. profile →
  4. Frailty: implications for clinical practice and public health
    2019 1.9k citations Kristine E. Ensrud et al. profile →
  5. Effects of Continuing or Stopping Alendronate After 5 Years of Treatment
    2006 1.0k citations Kristine E. Ensrud, Jane A. Cauley et al. profile →
  6. The Effects of Parathyroid Hormone and Alendronate Alone or in Combination in Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
    2003 862 citations Kristine E. Ensrud, Lisa Palermo et al. profile →
  7. Sleep-Disordered Breathing, Hypoxia, and Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Older Women
    2011 821 citations Kristine Yaffe, Stéphanie Harrison et al. profile →
  8. Fracture Risk Reduction with Alendronate in Women with Osteoporosis: The Fracture Intervention Trial
    2000 785 citations Kristine E. Ensrud, Marc C. Hochberg et al. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism profile →
  9. BMD at Multiple Sites and Risk of Fracture of Multiple Types: Long-Term Results From the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures
    2003 781 citations Katie L. Stone, Li‐Yung Lui et al. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research profile →
  10. Comparison of 2 Frailty Indexes for Prediction of Falls, Disability, Fractures, and Death in Older Women
    2008 748 citations Kristine E. Ensrud profile →
  11. Risk of Mortality Following Clinical Fractures
    2000 735 citations Jane A. Cauley, Kristine E. Ensrud et al. profile →
  12. Design and baseline characteristics of the osteoporotic fractures in men (MrOS) study — A large observational study of the determinants of fracture in older men
    2005 651 citations Eric Orwoll, Jane A. Cauley et al. profile →
  13. Older Women with Diabetes Have an Increased Risk of Fracture: A Prospective Study
    2001 613 citations Kristine E. Ensrud, Jane A. Cauley et al. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism profile →
  14. Improvement in spine bone density and reduction in risk of vertebral fractures during treatment with antiresorptive drugs
    2002 578 citations Steven R. Cummings, Kristine E. Ensrud et al. profile →
  15. Frailty and Risk of Falls, Fracture, and Mortality in Older Women: The Study of Osteoporotic Fractures
    2007 566 citations Kristine E. Ensrud, Susan K. Ewing et al. The Journals of Gerontology Series A profile →
  16. Osteoporosis
    2017 559 citations Kristine E. Ensrud et al. profile →
  17. Endogenous Hormones and the Risk of Hip and Vertebral Fractures among Older Women
    1998 501 citations Steven R. Cummings, Katie L. Stone et al. profile →
  18. The hypoxic burden of sleep apnoea predicts cardiovascular disease-related mortality: the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study and the Sleep Heart Health Study
    2018 461 citations Katie L. Stone, Sonia Ancoli‐Israel et al. profile →
  19. Epidemiology of Fracture Risk With Advancing Age
    2013 323 citations Kristine E. Ensrud The Journals of Gerontology Series A profile →
  20. Gait Speed Predicts Incident Disability: A Pooled Analysis
    2015 304 citations Kristine E. Ensrud, Eric Orwoll et al. The Journals of Gerontology Series A profile →
  21. Osteoporosis
    2024 84 citations Kristine E. Ensrud et al. profile →

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Kristine E. Ensrud 26.5k 13.1k 12.5k 11.4k 8.7k 622 56.6k
Jane A. Cauley 35.2k 1.3× 16.4k 1.2× 17.6k 1.4× 14.7k 1.3× 11.8k 1.4× 1.0k 78.5k
Steven R. Cummings 37.6k 1.4× 18.7k 1.4× 20.5k 1.6× 9.7k 0.9× 14.1k 1.6× 632 73.5k
Eric Orwoll 15.9k 0.6× 7.2k 0.5× 6.8k 0.5× 7.0k 0.6× 6.4k 0.7× 499 33.2k
Michael C. Nevitt 23.0k 0.9× 23.0k 1.8× 7.6k 0.6× 7.7k 0.7× 6.3k 0.7× 594 59.1k
Douglas C. Bauer 16.4k 0.6× 6.8k 0.5× 9.9k 0.8× 4.3k 0.4× 6.0k 0.7× 435 35.2k
Jean‐Yves Reginster 20.8k 0.8× 10.7k 0.8× 11.9k 1.0× 8.1k 0.7× 10.1k 1.2× 858 44.8k
Robert B. Wallace 3.6k 0.1× 7.3k 0.6× 5.0k 0.4× 11.7k 1.0× 3.2k 0.4× 729 57.2k
Elizabeth Barrett‐Connor 6.4k 0.2× 7.2k 0.5× 3.8k 0.3× 8.3k 0.7× 5.4k 0.6× 669 49.5k
Jack M. Guralnik 4.1k 0.2× 12.8k 1.0× 4.1k 0.3× 33.5k 2.9× 4.5k 0.5× 768 91.7k
Anne B. Newman 4.3k 0.2× 13.1k 1.0× 3.4k 0.3× 48.2k 4.2× 7.4k 0.9× 983 114.9k

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All Works

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Lee, Soomi, T. Muhammad, Eric J. Roseen, et al.. (2025). Back pain precedes sleep problems in older men. Innovation in Aging. 9(11). igaf113–igaf113.
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Wallace, Meredith L., Daniel J. Buysse, Lucas Mentch, et al.. (2025). An international multi-cohort investigation of self-reported sleep and future depressive symptoms in older adults. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 23918–23918.
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Roseen, Eric J., Sheena Patel, Aron Downie, et al.. (2024). Long-term Trajectories of Low Back Pain in Older Men: A Prospective Cohort Study With 10-Year Analysis of the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 79(9). 3 indexed citations
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Roseen, Eric J., Stéphanie Harrison, Aron Downie, et al.. (2024). Association of back pain with all-cause and cause-specific mortality among older men: a cohort study. Pain Medicine. 25(8). 505–513.
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Bliuc, Dana, Thach Tran, Weiwen Chen, et al.. (2023). The association between multimorbidity and osteoporosis investigation and treatment in high-risk fracture patients in Australia: A prospective cohort study. PLoS Medicine. 20(1). e1004142–e1004142. 18 indexed citations
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Ginsberg, Charles, Terri Blackwell, Onur Potok, et al.. (2023). The Vitamin D Metabolite Ratio Is Associated With Volumetric Bone Density in Older Men. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 109(2). e513–e521.
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Gustavson, Allison M., Amy Toonstra, Joshua K. Johnson, & Kristine E. Ensrud. (2021). Reframing Hospital to Home Discharge from “Should We?” to “How Can We?”: COVID‐19 and Beyond. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 69(3). 608–609. 15 indexed citations
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Bliuc, Dana, Thach Tran, Robert D. Blank, et al.. (2020). Muscle Strength and Physical Performance Are Associated With Risk of Postfracture Mortality But Not Subsequent Fracture in Men. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 37(8). 1571–1579. 9 indexed citations
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Kim, Kyoung Min, Li‐Yung Lui, Jane A. Cauley, et al.. (2020). Red Cell Distribution Width Is a Risk Factor for Hip Fracture in Elderly Men Without Anemia. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 35(5). 869–874. 29 indexed citations
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Cawthon, Peggy M., Katherine E. Peters, Steven R. Cummings, et al.. (2020). Association Between Muscle Mass Determined by D3-Creatine Dilution and Incident Fractures in a Prospective Cohort Study of Older Men. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 37(7). 1213–1220. 21 indexed citations
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Wallace, Meredith L., Daniel J. Buysse, Susan Redline, et al.. (2019). Multidimensional Sleep and Mortality in Older Adults: A Machine-Learning Comparison With Other Risk Factors. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 74(12). 1903–1909. 57 indexed citations
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Tranah, Gregory J., Kristine Yaffe, Caroline M. Nievergelt, et al.. (2018). APOEε4 and slow wave sleep in older adults. PLoS ONE. 13(1). e0191281–e0191281. 14 indexed citations
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Yaffe, Kristine, Carrie Peltz, Susan K. Ewing, et al.. (2016). Long-term Cognitive Trajectories and Mortality in Older Women. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 71(8). 1074–1080. 40 indexed citations
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Donaldson, Meghan G, Lisa Palermo, John T. Schousboe, et al.. (2009). FRAX and Risk of Vertebral Fractures: The Fracture Intervention Trial. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 24(11). 1793–1799. 76 indexed citations
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Ensrud, Kristine E., Terri Blackwell, Sonia Ancoli‐Israel, et al.. (2006). Use of Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors and Sleep Disturbances in Community‐Dwelling Older Women. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 54(10). 1508–1515. 23 indexed citations
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Schousboe, John T., Kristine E. Ensrud, John A. Nyman, Robert L Kane, & L. Joseph Melton. (2006). Cost-Effectiveness of Vertebral Fracture Assessment to Detect Prevalent Vertebral Deformity and Select Postmenopausal Women With a Femoral Neck T-Score > −2.5 for Alendronate Therapy: A Modeling Study. Journal of Clinical Densitometry. 9(2). 133–143. 56 indexed citations
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Pedula, Kathryn L., et al.. (2003). Diabetic retinopathy and functional disability in older women: The study of osteoporotic fractures (SOF). eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations
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Pols, H.A.P., Richard Eastell, Pierre Delmas, et al.. (2001). Early onset and sustained efficacy of raloxifene on incident vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women with ostoporosis : 4-year results from the MORE trial. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 2 indexed citations
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Eastell, Richard, Jonathan D. Adachi, Kristine D. Harper, et al.. (2000). The effects of raloxifene on incident vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis : 4-year results from the MORE trial. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 6 indexed citations
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Ensrud, Kristine E., D Black, Robert R. Recker, et al.. (1998). The effect of 2 and 3 years of Raloxifene on vertebral and non-vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 17 indexed citations

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