A systematic review of hip fracture incidence and probability of fracture worldwide

A. Kanis, J.; Odén, Anders; V. McCloskey, E.; Johansson, H; A. Wahl, D.; Cooper, Cyrus; behalf of the IOF Working Group on Epidemiology and Quality of Life, on

doi:10.1007/s00198-012-1964-3

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A systematic review of hip fracture incidence and probability of fracture worldwide

Published in Osteoporosis International • Mar 14, 2012

Authors:

J. A. Kanis

Anders Odén

E. V. McCloskey

Abstract

UNLABELLED: The country-specific risk of hip fracture and the 10-year probability of a major osteoporotic fracture were determined on a worldwide basis from a systematic review of literature. There was a greater than 10-fold variation in hip fracture risk and fracture probability between countries. ...

Subject

Medicine

Hip fracture

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