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Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari

Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari

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Citations
48824
World Ranking
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National Ranking
293

Overview

Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari is affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on subfields such as physiology, geriatrics and gerontology, pathology and forensic medicine, orthopedics and sports medicine, as well as public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their research covers a range of topics that include:

  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Vitamin D Research Studies
  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Hip and Femur Fractures
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet

Frequent publication venues for their work feature journals such as:

  • Osteoporosis International
  • The journal of nutrition health & aging
  • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
  • Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
  • The Journal of Frailty & Aging

Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari has collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • E. John Orav
  • Reto W. Kressig
  • Bess Dawson-Hughes
  • John А. Kanis
  • Andreas Egli

Among their recent academic papers are:

  • Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis of aggregate data from randomised controlled trials (2021), published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation, Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation, or a Strength-Training Exercise Program on Clinical Outcomes in Older Adults (2020), published in JAMA
  • 2021 EULAR recommendations regarding lifestyle behaviours and work participation to prevent progression of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (2022), published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
  • Global consensus on optimal exercise recommendations for enhancing healthy longevity in older adults (ICFSR) (2025), published in The journal of nutrition health & aging
  • Update of the fracture risk prediction tool FRAX: a systematic review of potential cohorts and analysis plan (2022), published in Osteoporosis International

Best Publications

  • Evaluation, Treatment, and Prevention of Vitamin D Deficiency: an Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline

    Michael F. Holick;Neil C. Binkley;Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari;Catherine M. Gordon

  • Estimation of optimal serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D for multiple health outcomes

    Heike A Bischoff-Ferrari;Edward Giovannucci;Walter C Willett;Thomas Dietrich

  • Fracture Prevention With Vitamin D Supplementation: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

    Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari;Walter C. Willett;John B. Wong;Edward Giovannucci

  • Effect of Vitamin D on falls: a meta-analysis

    Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari;Bess Dawson-Hughes;Walter C. Willett;Hannes B. Staehelin

  • Fall prevention with supplemental and active forms of vitamin D: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

    Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari;B. Dawson-Hughes;Hannes B. Staehelin;John E. Orav

  • Plasma 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels and Risk of Incident Hypertension

    John P. Forman;Edward Giovannucci;Michelle D. Holmes;Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari

  • Higher 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations are associated with better lower-extremity function in both active and inactive persons aged ≥60 y

    Heike A Bischoff-Ferrari;Thomas Dietrich;E John Orav;Frank B Hu

  • Prevention of Nonvertebral Fractures With Oral Vitamin D and Dose Dependency: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

    Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari;Walter C. Willett;John B. Wong;Andreas E. Stuck

  • A Pooled Analysis of Vitamin D Dose Requirements for Fracture Prevention

    Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari;Walter C. Willett;Endel J. Orav;Paul Lips

  • Positive association between 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels and bone mineral density: a population-based study of younger and older adults.

    Heike A Bischoff-Ferrari;Thomas Dietrich;E.John Orav;Bess Dawson-Hughes

  • The urgent need to recommend an intake of vitamin D that is effective

    Reinhold Vieth;Heike Bischoff-Ferrari;Heike Bischoff-Ferrari;Barbara J Boucher;Bess Dawson-Hughes

  • Vitamin D and musculoskeletal health, cardiovascular disease, autoimmunity and cancer: Recommendations for clinical practice.

    Jean Claude Souberbielle;Jean Jacques Body;Joan M. Lappe;Mario Plebani

  • Vitamin D Receptor Expression in Human Muscle Tissue Decreases With Age

    HA Bischoff-Ferrari;M Borchers;F Gudat;U Dürmüller

  • Need for additional calcium to reduce the risk of hip fracture with vitamin D supplementation: Evidence from a comparative metaanalysis of randomized controlled trials

    Steven Boonen;Paul Lips;Roger Bouillon;Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari

  • Guidelines for Preventing and Treating Vitamin D Deficiency and Insufficiency Revisited

    Michael F. Holick;Neil C. Binkley;Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari;Catherine M. Gordon

  • Physical Frailty: ICFSR International Clinical Practice Guidelines for Identification and Management

    E. Dent;J. E. Morley;A. J. Cruz-Jentoft;L. Woodhouse

  • Monthly High-Dose Vitamin D Treatment for the Prevention of Functional Decline: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari;Bess Dawson-Hughes;E. John Orav;Hannes B. Staehelin

  • Current vitamin D status in European and Middle East countries and strategies to prevent vitamin D deficiency: a position statement of the European Calcified Tissue Society

    Paul Lips;Kevin D Cashman;Christel Lamberg-Allardt;Heike Annette Bischoff-Ferrari

  • Calcium intake and hip fracture risk in men and women: a meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies and randomized controlled trials

    Heike A Bischoff-Ferrari;Bess Dawson-Hughes;John A Baron;Peter Burckhardt

  • Need for additional calcium to reduce the risk of hip fracture with vitamin d supplementation : Evidence from a comparative meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    Steven Boonen;Paul Lips;Roger Bouillon;Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari

Frequent Co-Authors

Bess Dawson-Hughes
Bess Dawson-Hughes Tufts University
Walter C. Willett
Walter C. Willett Harvard University
René Rizzoli
René Rizzoli Geneva College
John A. Kanis
John A. Kanis Australian Catholic University
E. John Orav
E. John Orav Harvard University
Bruno Vellas
Bruno Vellas Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Roger A. Fielding
Roger A. Fielding Tufts University
Jean-Yves Reginster
Jean-Yves Reginster University of Liège
Marjolein Visser
Marjolein Visser Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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