Hip fracture risk and subsequent mortality among Alzheimer's disease patients in the United Kingdom, 1988-2007

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-54

  Baker, Nicole L ^a   Cook, Michael N ^a   Arrighi, H Michael ^b   Bullock, Roger ^c  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

^c Victoria Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Elderly; Epidemiology; Hip fracture

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; VITAMIN D;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 78650404898     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq146     Document Type: Article

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