Hip Fracture Risk Factors
Studies from University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey yield new data on hip fracture risk factors
Published in Disease Risk Factor Week, January 11th, 2009
New research, 'Comorbidity and mortality following hip fracture: a population-based cohort study,' is the subject of a report. "Identifying predictors for mortality following hip fracture is essential in order to improve survival, especially among the elderly. We compared mortality after hip fracture to controls without hip fracture, and assessed the impact of comorbidity on mortality following hip fracture in a population-based cohort study," investigators in the United States report.
"The health care databases in Western Denmark (1.4 million inhabitants) were used to identify all persons >or=40 years of age with first-time hospitalization for hip fracture between...
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