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Anatomical factors relative to the racial selectivity of femoral neck fracture
Author(s) -
Walensky Norman Aaron,
O'Brien Michael P.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330280118
Subject(s) - femoral neck , femoral shaft , fracture (geology) , white (mutation) , anatomy , racial differences , medicine , orthodontics , femur , biology , surgery , materials science , osteoporosis , composite material , ethnic group , biochemistry , sociology , anthropology , gene
A comparative racial study of 200 femora from 50 American White and 50 American Negro female skeletons was carried out to determine whether any anatomical differences in femoral from exist between these groups which might account for the racial selectivity of hip fracture, Significant racial differences were found in neck‐shaft angle, angle of inclination and oblique length. Negro females have longer femora, larger neck‐shaft angles and a smaller angle of inclination than have White females. These differences in femoral morphology may, in some measure, contribute to the greater incidence of hip fracture in female Whites.