Increased 1-year survival and discharge to independent living in overweight hip fracture patients
Background and purpose — Hip fracture patients usually have low body mass index (BMI), and suffer further postoperative catabolism. How BMI relates to outcome in relatively healthy hip fracture patients is not well investigated. We investigated the association between BMI, survival, and independent...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2016-03-01
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| Series: | Acta Orthopaedica |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2015.1125282 |