Hip fracture risk in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis: a population-based study using English and Danish dataTools Otete, Harmony E. and Deleuran, T. and Fleming, Kate M. and Card, Timothy R. and Aithal, Guruprasad P. and Jepsen, P. and West, Joe (2018) Hip fracture risk in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis: a population-based study using English and Danish data. Journal of Hepatology . ISSN 0168-8278 (In Press)
AbstractBackground & aims: Cirrhosis is a risk factor for osteoporosis and fractures. However, little is known of the actual risk of hip fractures in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis. Using linked primary and secondary care data from the English and Danish nationwide registries, we quantified the hip fracture risk in two national cohorts of patients with alcoholic cirrhosis.
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