Comparison of predictors of hip fracture and mortality after hip fracture in community-dwellers with and without Alzheimer's disease - exposure-matched cohort study.
Anna-Maija TolppanenHeidi TaipaleAntti TanskanenJari TiihonenSirpa HartikainenPublished in: BMC geriatrics (2016)
AD itself appears to be such a significant risk factor for hip fracture, and mortality after hip fracture, that it overrules or diminishes the effect of other risk factors. Thus, it is important to develop and implement preventive interventions that are suitable and effective in this population.