Low metacarpal index predicts hip fracture: A prospective population study of 3,561 subjects with 15 years of follow-up

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-14

  Haara, Mikko ^a   Heliövaara, Markku ^b   Impivaara, Olli ^b   Arokoski, Jari P A ^c   Manninen, Pirjo ^d   Knekt, Paul ^b   Kärkkäinen, Alpo ^b   Reunanen, Antti ^b   Aromaa, Arpo ^b   Kröger, Heikki ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METACARPAL BONE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; BONE DENSITY; FOLLOW UP; HAND; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; METACARPUS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33645063231     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670610045632     Document Type: Article

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