Fractures as predictors of excess mortality in the aged—A population-based study with a 12-year follow-up | Zendy

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Fractures as predictors of excess mortality in the aged—A population-based study with a 12-year follow-up

Author(s) -

Maarit Piirtola,

Tero Vahlberg,

Minna Löppönen,

Ismo Räihä,

Raimo Isoaho,

SirkkaLiisa Kivelä

Publication year - 2008

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/s10654-008-9289-4

Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , hazard ratio , demography , proportional hazards model , confounding , epidemiology , confidence interval , prospective cohort study , excess mortality , population , cohort study , gerontology , mortality rate , osteoporosis , environmental health , sociology

The association between fractures and excess mortality in old age is ambiguous. The objective of this study was to analyze the long-term gender-specific association between fractures and mortality among older persons by controlling several survival related confounders.

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