Fractures of the Hip and Distal Forearm in West Africa and the United Kingdom

Comparison of age- and sex-specific incidence rates of fractures of the proximal femur and the distal forearm showed significantly lower rates in Ibadan than in two urban centres in England, with risk ratio of up to 20. In the Ibadan data no evidence of higher rates in women or of a prominent age-as...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Age and ageing 1991-11, Vol.20 (6), p.435-438, Article 435
Hauptverfasser:	ADEBAJO, A. O., COOPER, C., EVANS, J. GRIMLEY
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aging & longevity Biological and medical sciences Bones Cross-Cultural Comparison Cross-Sectional Studies Demographic aspects England - epidemiology Epidemiology Female Femur Fractures Fractures (Injuries) General aspects Hip fractures Hip Fractures - epidemiology Hip Fractures - etiology Hip joint Humans Incidence Life Style Male Medical research Medical sciences Middle Aged Nigeria - epidemiology Osteoporosis Osteoporosis - epidemiology Osteoporosis - etiology Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Radius (Anatomy) Radius Fractures - epidemiology Radius Fractures - etiology Sexes Statistics Ulna Ulna Fractures - epidemiology Ulna Fractures - etiology Urban Population
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Zusammenfassung:	Comparison of age- and sex-specific incidence rates of fractures of the proximal femur and the distal forearm showed significantly lower rates in Ibadan than in two urban centres in England, with risk ratio of up to 20. In the Ibadan data no evidence of higher rates in women or of a prominent age-associated increase in rates was observed.
ISSN:	0002-0729 1468-2834
DOI:	10.1093/ageing/20.6.435