Increasing incidence of tibia condyle and patella fractures.
The age and sex specific incidence of tibial condyle fractures and patellar fractures were compared between 1950-55 and 1980-83 in the urban population of Malmö. In elderly women there was an increased incidence over these 30 years for both fracture types.
D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010329:Patella / Q000293:injuries*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013548:Sweden; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014505:Urban Population