A systematic review of hip fracture incidence and probability of fracture worldwide.
Journal article, 2012

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.

Aged

Risk Factors

Osteoporotic Fractures

epidemiology

Models

Female

Statistical

World Health

Risk Assessment

Humans

methods

Male

Incidence

epidemiology

Hip Fractures

Author

J A Kanis

E V McCloskey

Helena Johansson

D A Wahl

C Cooper

Osteoporosis International

0937-941X (ISSN) 1433-2965 (eISSN)

Vol. 23 9 2239-56

Subject Categories

Endocrinology and Diabetes

DOI

10.1007/s00198-012-1964-3

PubMed

22419370

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10/10/2017