title: Risk of postmenopausal hip fracture in Mexican American women.
abstract: To assess the risk of hip fracture in Mexican Americans, the ethnicity of 80 women aged 50 years and over admitted with hip fractures to a Texas hospital was compared with that of age-matched women hospitalized for other reasons. The risk of fracture for Mexican Americans was only 35 per cent that of Whites (95% CI = 19 per cent, 65 per cent). This finding was confirmed in a chart survey performed in a second hospital population. These results suggest that Mexican American women may receive less potential benefit from preventive measures for hip fracture than Whites.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D008593:Menopause; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D044469:Racial Groups; D012306:Risk; D013781:Texas