Incident hip fractures among community dwelling persons with Alzheimer's disease in a Finnish nationwide register-based cohort.

Incident hip fractures among community dwelling persons with Alzheimer's disease in a Finnish nationwide register-based cohort.

<h4>Background</h4>Previous cohort studies have shown that persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD) have a higher risk of hip fractures but recent data from large representative cohorts is scarce.<h4>Methods</h4>We investigated the association between AD and prevalent and i...

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Main Authors: Anna-Maija Tolppanen, Piia Lavikainen, Hilkka Soininen, Sirpa Hartikainen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23527106/?tool=EBI

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23527106/?tool=EBI

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