Are women with thicker cortices in the femoral shaft at higher risk of subtrochanteric/diaphyseal fractures? The study of osteoporotic fractures

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2414-2422

  Napoli, Nicola ^a,b   Jin, Jenny ^c   Peters, Katherine ^d   Wustrack, Rosanna ^c   Burch, Shane ^c   Chau, Aldric ^c   Cauley, Jane ^e   Ensrud, Kristine ^f   Kelly, Michael ^c   Black, Dennis M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d San Francisco Coordinating Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORTICAL BONE; CORTICAL THICKNESS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FEMUR SHAFT; FEMUR SUBTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LESSER TROCHANTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BONE DENSITY; COHORT STUDIES; DIAPHYSES; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84863599356     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-3256     Document Type: Article

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