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Vertebral Fractures and Mortality in Older Women

Archives of Internal Medicine · 1999 · Vol. 159(11) · pp. 1215–1215
Deborah M. Kado

Abstract

Women with radiographic evidence of vertebral fractures have an increased mortality rate, particularly from pulmonary disease and cancer.

Bone health and osteoporosis researchBone and Joint DiseasesHip and Femur FracturesMedicineHazard ratioConfidence intervalOsteoporosisProspective cohort studySurgeryCohortCohort studyInternal medicine

MeSH terms

AgedCause of DeathFemaleHumansKyphosisProspective StudiesRiskUnited StatesBone DensityOsteoporosis, PostmenopausalMultivariate AnalysisOdds RatioSpinal Fractures

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  • University of California, Los Angeles
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Population-Based Study of Survival after Osteoporotic Fractures
American Journal of Epidemiology · 1993 · 1,098 citations
The L-Arginine-Nitric Oxide Pathway
New England Journal of Medicine · 1993 · 6,702 citations
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