Increased risk of hip fracture among spouses—evidence of a homogamy effect

SUMMARY: Spouses tend to share habits and therefore have an increased risk of same diseases. We followed all married couples in Sweden, born 1902 to 1942, in hospital records from 1987 to 2002, and found that individuals whose spouse had a hip fracture had an increased risk of hip fracture. INTRODUC...

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Autores principales: Vala, C. H., Odén, A., Lorentzon, M., Sundh, V., Johansson, H., Karlsson, M., Rosengren, B., Ohlsson, C., Johansson, B., Kanis, J., Mellström, D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer London 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5206252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27585578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00198-016-3738-9

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