Height Loss in Older Women: Risk of Hip Fracture and Mortality Independent of Vertebral Fractures

We examined if height loss in older women predicts risk of hip fractures, other non-spine fractures, and mortality, and whether this risk is independent of both vertebral fractures (VFx) and bone mineral density (BMD) by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry. Among 3,124 women age 65 and older in the Stu...

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Autori principali: Hillier, Teresa A., Lui, Li-Yung, Kado, Deborah M., LeBlanc, ES, Vesco, Kimberly K, Bauer, Douglas C., Cauley, Jane A., Ensrud, Kristine E., Black, Dennis M., Hochberg, Marc C., Cummings, Steven R.
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: 2012
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3622730/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22072593
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbmr.558
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