Appendix 1. MEDLINE search strategy

#1 statin*
#2 Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductase Inhibitors
#3 Inhibitors, Hydroxymethylglutaryl‐CoA Reductase
#4 Reductase Inhibitors, Hydroxymethylglutaryl‐CoA
#5 HMG CoA Reductase Inhibitors
#8 Reductase Inhibitors, HMG‐CoA
#9 Inhibitors, HMG CoA Reductase
#10 Hydroxymethylglutaryl‐CoA Inhibitors
#11 Inhibitors, Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA
#12 Hydroxymethylglutaryl‐Coenzyme A Inhibitors
#13 Inhibitors, Hydroxymethylglutaryl Coenzyme A
#14 HMG‐CoA Statins
#15 Statins, HMG CoA
#16 atorvastatin
#17 cerivastatin
#18 compactin
#19 fluvastatin
#20 Lovastatin
#21 Meglutol
#22 Pravastatin
#23 rosuvastatin
#24 Simvastatin
#25 red yeast rice
#26 Chinese red‐yeast‐rice dietary supplement
#27 Cholestin
#36 Hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA Reductase
#37 HMG CoA Reductase
#39 3 Hydroxy 3 methylglutaryl CoA Reductase
#40 CoA Reductase, 3‐Hydroxy‐3‐methylglutaryl
#41 Reductase, 3‐Hydroxy‐3‐methylglutaryl CoA
#42 #1˜#41/ OR

#43 osteoporosis
#44 Osteoporoses
#45 Osteoporosis, Age Related
#46 Age Related Osteoporosis
#47 Age‐Related Osteoporoses
#48 Osteoporoses, Age‐Related
#49 Age‐Related Bone Loss
#50 Bone Loss, Age Related
#51 Bone Losses, Age‐Related
#52 Osteoporosis, Post Traumatic
#53 Post‐Traumatic Osteoporoses
#54 Post‐Traumatic Osteoporosis
#55 Osteoporosis, Senile
#56 Osteoporoses, Senile
#57 Senile Osteoporoses
#58 Senile Osteoporosis
#59 Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal
#60 Bone Loss, Perimenopausal
#61 Perimenopausal Bone Loss
#62 Bone Loss, Postmenopausal
#63 Postmenopausal Bone Losses
#64 Osteoporosis, Post‐Menopausal
#65 Osteoporoses, Post‐Menopausal
#66 Osteoporosis, Post Menopausal
#67 Post‐Menopausal Osteoporoses
#68 Post‐Menopausal Osteoporosis
#69 Postmenopausal Bone Loss
#70 Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
#71 Osteoporoses, Postmenopausal
#72 Postmenopausal Osteoporoses
#73 Bone Demineralization, Pathologic
#74 Pathologic Bone Demineralization
#75 Bone Density Conservation Agents
#76 Bone Remodeling
#77 Remodeling, Bone
#78 Bone Regeneration
#79 Regeneration, Bone
#80 Osteoconduction
#81 Bone Density
#82 Bone Densities
#83 Density, Bone
#84 Bone Mineral Density
#85 Bone Mineral Densities
#86 Density, Bone Mineral
#87 Bone Mineral Content
#88 #43˜#87/OR

#89 randomized‐controlled‐trial in PT
#90 controlled‐clinical‐trial in PT
#91 randomised‐controlled‐trials
#92 random‐allocation
#93 double‐blind‐method
#94 single‐blind‐method
#95 #89 OR #90 OR #91 OR #92 OR #93 OR #94
#96 TG=ANIMALS not (TG=HUMAN and TG=ANIMALS)
#97 #95 not #96
#98 #42 AND #88 AND #97