Long-term sex differences in all-cause and infection-specific mortality post hip fracture.
Rashmita BajracharyaJack M GuralnikMichelle D ShardellAlan M RathbunTakashi YamashitaMarc C HochbergAnn L Gruber-BaldiniJay S MagazinerDenise L OrwigPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2022)
Men had a two-fold higher rate of all-cause mortality and four-fold higher rate of infection-specific mortality compared to women over a follow-up period of up to 10.2 years. Findings suggest that interventions to prevent and treat infections, tailored by sex, may be needed to narrow significant differences in long-term mortality rates between men and women after hip fracture.