East-west gradient in hip fracture incidence in Spain: how much can we explain by following the pattern of risk factors?

doi:10.1007/s11657-019-0665-3

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East-west gradient in hip fracture incidence in Spain: how much can we explain by following the pattern of risk factors?

Archives of osteoporosis - 27 Nov 2019

Mazzucchelli Ramón, Pérez Fernández Elia, Crespí Villarías Natalia, Tejedor Alonso Miguel Ángel, Sáez López Pilar, García-Vadillo Alberto

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Our objective was to analyze the incidence and trend of hip fracture in Spain and its distribution by Autonomous Community (AC). In Spain, the age-adjusted incidence rate of hip fracture is decreasing. There is great variability in the incidence and tendency of hip fracture among the different ACs. Genetic, demographic, and climatic factors and cohort effect factors of the civil war explain 96% of this...

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PMID: 31773387
DOI: 10.1007/s11657-019-0665-3

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