Few studies of hip fracture have large enough samples of men, minorities, and persons with specific comorbidities to examine differences in their mortality and functional outcomes. To address this problem, we combined three cohorts of hip fracture patients to produce a sample of 2692 patients followed for 6 months.
Geriatric Research, Eeducation, and Clinical Center, James J. Peters VA Medical Center, 130 Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10468, USA. joan.penrod@mssm.edu
