Abstracts tagged "morbidity and mortality and osteoporosis"

Abstract Number: 3173 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Premature Mortality Due to Fractures in a Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study of 238,673 Older Women and Men
Lyn March¹, Weiwen Chen², Judy M Simpson³, Fiona Blyth⁴ and Jacqueline Center², ¹Department of Rheumatology, Northern Clinical School, Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, University of Sydney & Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Sydney, Australia, ²Endocrinology, Osteoporosis & Bone Biology Garvan Institute of Medical Research, St Vincent's Clinical School, UNSW, Darlinghurst, Australia, ³Statistics, University of Sydney School of Public Health, Sydney, Australia, ⁴Concord Clinical School University of Sydney and Sax Institute, Sydney, Australia
Background/Purpose: Osteoporotic (OP) fractures and falls are a growing global problem as the population ages. One third of all falls related deaths are attributable to…
Abstract Number: 1975 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Mortality After Fragility Hip Fracture in Middle Aged and Elderly Men and Women in Southern Norway
Andreas P. Diamantopoulos¹, Mari Hoff², Marc C. Hochberg³ and Glenn Haugeberg¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Kristiansand, Norway, ²Rheumatology, St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway, ³Department of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: The mortality of the fragility hip fracture patients has been reported to be higher compared to the general population for both men and women,…