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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and mortality following hip fracture: a population-based cohort study

Author(s) -

Cynthia de Luise,

Michael Brimacombe,

Lars Pedersen,

Henrik Toft Sørensen

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

european journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.825

H-Index - 111

eISSN - 1573-7284

pISSN - 0393-2990

DOI - 10.1007/s10654-007-9211-5

Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , copd , cohort study , relative risk , population , cohort , prospective cohort study , proportional hazards model , confidence interval , mortality rate , physical therapy , osteoporosis , environmental health

Mortality rates after hip fracture have not declined in 20 years. We assessed the impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on mortality after hip fracture, and compared mortality in this cohort to persons without hip fracture in a population-based prospective cohort study.

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