Excess mortality in men compared with women following a hip fracture. National analysis of comedications, comorbidity and survival | Zendy

Pia Nimann Kannegaard | Zendy; S. Mark | Zendy; Pia Eiken | Zendy; Bo Abrahamsen | Zendy

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Excess mortality in men compared with women following a hip fracture. National analysis of comedications, comorbidity and survival

Author(s) -

Pia Nimann Kannegaard,

S. Mark,

Pia Eiken,

Bo Abrahamsen

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afp221

Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , hazard ratio , comorbidity , osteoporosis , population , incidence (geometry) , cumulative incidence , cohort study , proportional hazards model , cohort , confidence interval , mortality rate , demography , physics , environmental health , sociology , optics

osteoporosis is a common disease, and the incidence of osteoporotic fractures is expected to rise with the growing elderly population. Immediately following, and probably several years after a hip fracture, patients, both men and women, have a higher risk of dying compared to the general population regardless of age. The aim of this study was to assess excess mortality following hip fracture and, if possible, identify reasons for the difference between mortality for the two genders.

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