Study finds dramatic differences in probability of Fractures from Country to Country

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Fractures: Vast Geographic Differences  (Elizabeth Hofhienz @ OTW)
Fractures…they’re all over the map. The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Working Group on Epidemiology and Quality of Life has just completed a study of country-specific risk of hip fracture and 10-year probability of a major fragility fracture. Even accounting for possible errors or limitations in the source data, there was a 10-fold variation in hip fracture risk and fracture probability between countries. The researchers have used the data from the study to formulate all-new online global hip fracture incidence an...

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