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- Title
Peripheral arterial disease increases the risk of subsequent hip fracture in older men: the Health in Men Study.
- Authors
Hyde, Z; Mylankal, K J; Hankey, G J; Flicker, L; Norman, P E
- Abstract
The aim of the present study was to assess whether peripheral arterial disease is associated with an increased risk of hip fracture in a cohort of 12,094 older men. There was no association between claudication and hip fracture, but there was a significant association with an ankle brachial index (ABI) <0.9.
- Publication
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2013, Vol 24, Issue 5, p1683
- ISSN
1433-2965
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00198-012-2218-0