V V Povoroznyuk, N V Grygorieva, J A Kanis, E V McCloskey, H Johansson, S S Strafun, M O Korzh, V M Vaida, F V Klymovytsky, V S Forosenko, R O Vlasenko
Worldwide, the number of hip fractures, the most important osteoporotic complication in the elderly, continues to increase in line with the ageing of the population. In some countries, however, including the Ukraine, data on the incidence of hip fracture are limited. This article describes the first analysis to characterize the incidence of hip fracture in the Ukrainian population from the age of 40 years. It is based on data from two regional studies, namely, the Vinnitsa city study and the STOP study, which were performed during 1997-2002 and 2011-2012 years, respectively...
2018: Journal of Osteoporosis