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Citation

Faulkner KA, Chan BK, Cauley JA, Marshall LM, Ensrud KE, Stefanick ML, Orwoll ES. Inj. Prev. 2009; 15(5): 307-311.

Affiliation

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15217, USA. kimber.lilac@gmail.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/ip.2009.021915

PMID

19805598

PMCID

PMC3145210

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether information on number of falls on a falls history screen predicts risk of non-vertebral and hip fracture. METHODS: A cohort of 5995 community-dwelling men aged 65 years and older (mean 73.7) was followed over 7.2 years for incident non-vertebral fractures. Cox proportional hazard models were used to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) (95% CI) for incident fracture comparing a history of one and two or more falls with no falls. Models were adjusted for age, clinic, body mass index, height, femoral neck bone mineral density and whether the participant had a non-trauma fracture after the age of 50. p

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