Relation between fractures and mortality: results from the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study.

G, Ioannidis; A, Papaioannou; WM, Hopman; N, Akhtar-Danesh; T, Anastassiades; L, Pickard; CC, Kennedy; JC, Prior; WP, Olszynski; KS, Davison; D, Goltzman; L, Thabane; A, Gafni; EA, Papadimitropoulos; JP, Brown; RG, Josse; DA, Hanley; JD, Adachi

doi:10.1503/cmaj.081720

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Relation between fractures and mortality: results from the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study.

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Ioannidis G

Papaioannou A

Hopman WM

Abstract

<h4>Background</h4>Fractures have largely been assessed by their impact on quality of life or health care costs. We conducted this study to evaluate the relation between fractures and mortality.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 7753 randomly selected people (2187 men and 5566 women) aged 50 years and older...

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