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American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 76, Issue 8 1020-1021, Copyright © 1986 by American Public Health Association

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Risk of postmenopausal hip fracture in Mexican American women.

R L Bauer, A K Diehl, S A Barton, J Brender and R A Deyo

To assess the risk of hip fracture in Mexican Americans, the ethnicity of 80 women aged 50 years and over admitted with hip fractures to a Texas hospital was compared with that of age-matched women hospitalized for other reasons. The risk of fracture for Mexican Americans was only 35 per cent that of Whites (95% CI = 19 per cent, 65 per cent). This finding was confirmed in a chart survey performed in a second hospital population. These results suggest that Mexican American women may receive less potential benefit from preventive measures for hip fracture than Whites.






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