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. 1986 Aug;76(8):1020–1021. doi: 10.2105/ajph.76.8.1020

Risk of postmenopausal hip fracture in Mexican American women.

R L Bauer, A K Diehl, S A Barton, J Brender, R A Deyo
PMCID: PMC1646635  PMID: 3728760

Abstract

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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