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Osteosarcopenia in Patients with Hip Fracture Is Related with High Mortality.

Jun Il YooHyunho KimYong Chan HaHyuck Bin KwonKyung-Hoi Koo
Published in: Journal of Korean medical science (2018)
The present study demonstrates that the prevalence of osteosarcopenia is not rare, and has a higher mortality rate than the non-osteosarcopenia group at the 1-year follow-up period. This is the first study evaluating the relationship between mortality and osteosarcopenia in patients with hip fracture.
Keyphrases
  • hip fracture
  • risk factors
  • cardiovascular events
  • type diabetes
  • cardiovascular disease
  • coronary artery disease