Childhood obesity is associated with increased risk of most lower extremity fractures pediatrics

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 471, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1199-1207

  Kessler, Jeff ^a,b   Koebnick, Corinna ^a,b   Smith, Ning ^a,b   Adams, Annette ^a,b  

^a LOS ANGELES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LEG FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; UNDERWEIGHT; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; DEMOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; INFANT; LEG; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877929392     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-012-2621-z     Document Type: Article

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