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Prevalence, incidence, and risk factors associated with hip fractures in community dwelling older Mexican Americans
 — results of the Hispanic EPESE Study
Author(s)David V Espino, Raymond F Palmer, Toni P Miles
Journal titleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 48, no 10, October 2000
Pagespp 1252-1260
KeywordsFractures ; Ethnic groups ; Greenland ; At risk ; Living in the community ; United States of America.
AnnotationMexican Americans aged 65+ from the 1993-1996 Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly (H-EPESE) may have hip fracture incidence rates that place them at highest risk among the Hispanic subgroups: for women, 9.1 fractures per 1000 person-years, and for men 4.8 fractures per 1000 person/years. This extrapolates to 5,162 new fractures occurring in the entire older Mexican American population during a 2-year study period, indicating a significant health problem with this population. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-001211205 A
ClassmarkCUF: TK: 7YT: CA3: K4: 7T

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