Open AccessHip Fracture Risk Among Community-Dwelling Elderly People in the United States: A Prospective Study of Physical, Cognitive, and Socioeconomic Indicators
Author(s) -
Robin Taylor Wilson,
Gary A. Chase,
Elizabeth A. Chrischilles,
Robert B. Wallace
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2005.077479
Subject(s) - hip fracture , socioeconomic status , medicine , gerontology , demography , cognition , prospective cohort study , physical therapy , environmental health , osteoporosis , population , psychiatry , surgery , sociology
We determined risks of short-term (2-year) hip fracture in a nationally representative, prospective cohort of community-dwelling elderly people 70 years or older.