Muscle density is an independent risk factor of second hip fracture: a prospective cohort study

• Main Authors: Ling Wang (Author), Lu Yin (Author), Minghui Yang (Author), Yufeng Ge (Author), Yandong Liu (Author), Yongbin Su (Author), Zhe Guo (Author), Dong Yan (Author), Zhengyang Xu (Author), Pengju Huang (Author), Jian Geng (Author), Xingli Liu (Author), Gang Wang (Author), Glen M. Blake (Author), Weiming Cao (Author), Bo He (Author), Liang Lyu (Author), Xiaoguang Cheng (Author), Xinbao Wu (Author), Lihong Jiang (Author), Annegreet Vlug (Author), Klaus Engelke (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Patients with a first hip fracture are at high risk of fracturing their other hip. Despite this, preventive therapy is often not given. Because little is known about specific risk factors of a second hip fracture, we investigated the association with areal bone mineral density (a...