Risk factor for first-incident hip fracture in Taiwanese postmenopausal women

• Main Authors: Fang-Ping Chen (Author), Kuang-Hung Hsu (Author), Tsai-Sheng Fu (Author), An-Shine Chao (Author), Yu-Wei Yu (Author), Chih-Ming Fan (Author), Chen-Ming Sung (Author), Ingrid Ying-Yu Chern (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: The variation in hip fracture risk between countries is greater than 10-fold. The present study aimed at identifying risk factors that resulted in the first occurrence of hip fracture in Taiwanese postmenopausal women. Materials and Methods: A case-control study with a patient group of 50...