Hysterectomies are associated with an increased risk of osteoporosis and bone fracture: A population-based cohort study

• Ying-Ting Yeh,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

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• Pei-Chen Li,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

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• Kun-Chi Wu,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

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• Yu-Cih Yang,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Weishan Chen,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

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• Hei-Tung Yip,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4077-3473

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• Jen-Hung Wang,

  Roles Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Research, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

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• Shinn-Zong Lin,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

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• Dah-Ching Ding

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dah1003@yahoo.com.tw

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, and Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan, Institute of Medical Sciences, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5105-068X

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