Incidence and geographic characteristics of the population with osteoporotic hip fracture in Egypt- by the Egyptian Academy of Bone Health.
Yasser El MiedanyMaha ElgaafaryNaglaa GadallahSafaa MahranNihal FathiMohammed Hassan Abu-ZaidSamar Abd Alhamed TabraRadwa H ShalabyBelal AbdelrafeaWaleed A HassanOsama A FaroukMahmoud NafadyAhmed Mohamed FarghalyShereef Ibrahim Mohamed IbrahimMohamed Abdelfattah AliKarim Mohamed ElmaradnySally Eskandar Saber EskandarWalaa ElwakilPublished in: Archives of osteoporosis (2023)
In Egypt, the hip fracture incidence was higher in the south compared to the north. Several modifiable factors contribute to fragility fracture risk independent of BMD, creating complex interrelationships between BMD, risk factors, and fracture risk.