Height Loss Predicts Subsequent Hip Fracture in Men and Women of the Framingham Study

BACKGROUND: Although height is a risk factor for osteoporotic fracture, current risk assessments do not consider height loss. Height loss may be a simple measurement that clinicians could use to predict fracture or need for further testing. OBJECTIVE: To examine height loss and subsequent hip fractu...

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Hlavní autoři: Hannan, Marian T., Broe, Kerry E., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Dufour, Alyssa B., Rockwell, Margo, Kiel, Douglas P.
Médium: Artigo
Jazyk:Inglês
Vydáno: 2012
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On-line přístup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3647683/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22072590
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbmr.557
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