Open AccessFractures Between the Ages of 20 and 50 Years Increase Women's Risk of Subsequent Fractures
Author(s) -
Fiona Wu,
Barbara Mason,
Anne Horne,
Ruth Ames,
Judith Clearwater,
Mengmeng Liu,
Margaret C. Evans,
Gregory D. Gamble,
Ian R. Reid
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.162.1.33
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , odds ratio , menopause , obstetrics
Perimenopausal and postmenopausal fractures are well-recognized, strong, independent predictors of subsequent fractures. However, it is unknown whether premenopausal fractures are predictive of postmenopausal fractures.
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