Incidence and risk factors associated with hip fracture in institutionalised elderly people in Japan

Age Ageing. 2009 Jul;38(4):478-82. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afp052. Epub 2009 Apr 30.

Authors

Kazutoshi Nakamura¹, Shunsuke Takahashi, Mari Oyama, Mitsue Nashimoto, Toshiko Saito, Yasuo Tsuchiya, Yoshiaki Yoshizawa, Masaharu Yamamoto

Affiliation

¹ Department of Community Preventive Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Japan. kazun@med.niigata-u.ac.jp

PMID: 19406973
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp052

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Activities of Daily Living
Aged
Cohort Studies
Confidence Intervals
Disability Evaluation
Hip Fractures / epidemiology*
Homes for the Aged / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Incidence
Japan / epidemiology
Nursing Homes / statistics & numerical data*
Proportional Hazards Models
Risk Factors