Racial Differences in Fracture Risk

Blacks appear to have a lower risk of fractures than whites, but there has been little research regarding racial differences in the risk of fractures at sites other than the hip. We used Medicare claims to investigate the risks of fractures of the hip, distal forearm, proximal humerus, and ankle amo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) Mass.), 1994-01, Vol.5 (1), p.42-47
Hauptverfasser:	Baron, John A., Barrett, Jane, Malenka, David, Fisher, Elliott, Kniffin, Wayne, Bubolz, Thomas, Tosteson, Tor
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	African Americans Aged Aged, 80 and over Ankle Black or African American Black People Epidemiology Female Femoral fractures Forearm Fractures, Bone - ethnology Fractures, Bone - etiology Hip fractures Humans Humeral fractures Humerus Incidence Male Medicare Osteoporosis - ethnology Osteoporotic fractures Poisson Distribution Risk Factors United States - epidemiology White People
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