@article{ref1,
title="Sociodemographic factors influence the risk for femur shaft fractures in children: a Swedish case control study, 1997-2005",
journal="Acta paediatrica",
year="2013",
author="von Heideken, Johan and Svensson, Tobias and Iversen, Maura and Blomqvist, Paul and Haglund-Åkerlind, Yvonne and Janarv, Per-Mats",
volume="102",
number="4",
pages="431-437",
abstract="AIM: To investigate how sociodemographic factors relate to the risk femur shaft fractures in children, and how the relationship differs by gender and age. METHODS: Population based case-control study. Swedish children (n=1,874), 0-14 years of age, with a femur shaft fracture diagnostic code occurring between 1997 and 2005 were selected from the Swedish national inpatient register and compared with matched controls (n=18,740). Demographic, socioeconomic, and injury data were based on record linkage between six Swedish registers. RESULTS: The risk of femur shaft fracture increased for children with younger parents or those living in low-income households. Having a parent with a university education reduced the risk. Stratifying for gender and age group, the association between parents' age was evident only for older boys (7-14 years of age) (OR= 1.40; 95% CI 1.04-1.45), and the association between living in low-income households and fracture rate was only seen in older girls (7-14 years) (OR= 1.50; 95% CI 1.01-2.22). Family composition, number of siblings, birth order or receiving social welfare did not influence the fracture risk. CONCLUSION: Sociodemographic variables influence the rate of femur shaft fractures, in older children the influence differs between boys and girls. ©2013 The Author(s)/Acta Paediatrica ©2013 Foundation Acta Paediatrica.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0803-5253",
doi="10.1111/apa.12150",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/apa.12150"
}