High mortality in younger patients with major osteoporotic fractures.
Robbie RayN D ClementS A AitkenM M McQueenC M Court-BrownS H RalstonPublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2016)
Young individuals with hip and humerus fractures have a significantly increased mortality risk after their injury relative to the general population. The results of our study suggest that this may be in part due to a high prevalence of alcohol excess.