Open Access<p>Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Incidence of Hip Fracture: A Nested Case–Control Study in the EpiChron Cohort</p>
Author(s) -
Jesús Díez-Manglano,
María Berges Vidal,
Lucia Martínez Barredo,
Beatriz PobladorPlou,
Antonio GimenoMiguel,
Pilar Martínez Heras,
Alexandra PradosTorres
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s270713
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , hip fracture , nested case control study , risk factor , osteoporosis , interquartile range , dyslipidemia , comorbidity , incidence (geometry) , population , cohort , physical therapy , obesity , physics , environmental health , optics
To determine whether chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a risk factor for hip fracture and identify other factors associated with hip fracture.