Osteoporotic fractures among foreign-born individuals: a national Swedish study.

ABSTRACT: In this national study of osteoporotic fractures in foreign-born individuals, we found a lower risk of osteoporotic fractures in general among foreign-born individuals compared with Swedish-born, especially in immigrants from southern Europe. A higher risk was found among some groups, i.e. men and women from Bosnia and Iraq and men from Lebanon.

Introduction

The aim of this study was to analyse risk of osteoporotic fractures in foreign-born individuals compared with Swedish-born individuals.

Methods

This was a nationwide study of individuals 50 years of age and older (N = 2,775,736). Osteoporotic fractures were defined as at least one registered diagnosis of fractures in the hip, humerus, forearm or vertebrae, in the National Patient Register between January 1, 1998, and Dece

SUBMITTER: Wandell P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7838135 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature