his study investigates all-cause mortality after hip fracture in elderly people. A total of 122 808 participants from eight
cohorts in Europe (among them EPIC-elderly Greece) and the USA were followed up for a mean of 12.6 years. Incident hip fractures were assessed through telephone
interviews/questionnaires or national inpatient/
fracture registries, and causes of death were verified with death certificates.
According to the results hip fracture was positively associated with increased all-cause mortality. This association was more evident in men than in women, although this difference was not significant.
Mortality was higher during the first year after the
hip fracture, but it remained elevated without major fluctuations after longer time since hip fracture.
Therefore, hip fracture was associated with excess short- and long-term all-cause mortality in elderly persons.