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Hip fractures are among the most important causes of ill health and death among elderly people. Of white North American women 50 years of age, 17.5 percent will have a hip fracture during their remaining lifetime,¹ as will 6 percent of white men of similar age. These fractures will contribute substantially to the 2 million person-years of functional impairment and $45 billion in direct medical costs attributable to osteoporosis in the next 10 years.²

In this issue of the Journal, Cummings and colleagues report the results of a large prospective cohort study in which a wide range of risk factors . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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