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Second hip fracture in older men and women: the Framingham Study.
BACKGROUND Older persons with hip fractures remain at increased risk of subsequent hip fractures. However, little is known about the frequency and characteristics of persons who sustain a second hip fracture. METHODS Participants included 481 members of the Framingham Heart Study who sustained an initial hip fracture between April 1952 and December 31, 2003. Participants were followed up unti...
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BACKGROUND Greater thickness of the tissue extending laterally from the greater trochanter has been associated with a lower risk of hip fracture in women. The effect of trochanteric soft tissue thickness on the risk of incident hip fracture has not been evaluated in men. METHODS We measured trochanteric soft tissue thickness by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry for all incident hip fracture ca...
متن کاملSecond hip fracture in elderly patients.
• Correspondence: O. Şahap Atik, M.D. Gazi Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Ortopedi ve Travmatoloji Anabilim Dalı, 06500 Beşevler, Ankara, Turkey. Tel: +90 312 202 55 28 Fax: +90 312 212 90 08 e-mail: [email protected] Osteoporotic fractures are common due to the increase of the average age of the population all over the world. The awareness and knowledge on osteoporosis have increased in the last d...
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Background: The factors responsible for poor outcomes following a hip fracture are not well understood. Objective: To assess mortality following a hip fracture and to identify the etiological factors responsible for the increased risk of dying following a hip fracture. Design: Descriptive cohort study. Participants: 42,076 patients (73% females, 27% males) from the National Hospital Discharge R...
متن کاملSeason of Birth and the Risk of Hip Fracture in Danish Men and Women Aged 65+
Vitamin D status in pregnant women has been linked to childhood bone mineral density in their offspring but it is unclear if effects extend to fracture risk in adulthood or even old age. As vitamin D levels in the population show pronounced seasonal variation in Denmark, we performed an epidemiological analysis of hip fracture rates as a function of season of birth, age, and sex. We retrieved i...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Internal Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0003-9926
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.18.1971