Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Mortality after hip fracture among Black and White women: Findings from a northern California integrated healthcare system. |
| Authors: |
Lo, Joan C.1 joan.c.lo@kp.org, Chandra, Malini1, Ozomaro, Uzoezi2, Yang, Wei3, Sharma, Morali4, Wheeler, Amber L.5, Darbinian, Jeanne A.1, Lee, Catherine1 |
| Source: |
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Feb2025, Vol. 73 Issue 2, p632-635. 4p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*RISK assessment, *POISSON distribution, *HIP fractures, *T-test (Statistics), *HOSPITAL care, *PSYCHOLOGY of women, *WHITE people, *RETROSPECTIVE studies, *MULTIVARIATE analysis, *DESCRIPTIVE statistics, *CHI-squared test, *BLACK people, *LONGITUDINAL method, *ODDS ratio, *RACE, *MEDICAL records, *ACQUISITION of data, *CONFIDENCE intervals, *DATA analysis software, *REGRESSION analysis, *COMORBIDITY, *INTEGRATED health care delivery, MORTALITY risk factors |
| Abstract: |
The article discusses research which examined mortality after hip fracture among Black and White women in Kaiser Permanente Northern Caliornia, an integrated healthcare system. The study evaluated age, diabetes mellitus and prior fracture and calculated a Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI). It compared group differences and analyzed the association of race and mortality outcome adjusting for age, calendar year, fracture type, CCI and prior fracture and diabetes. |
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