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Fig. 1 | BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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From: Mortality in older adults following a fragility fracture: real-world retrospective matched-cohort study in Ontario

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Flow diagram of fracture and non-fracture cohort adults included in the study. Note: ICD-10-CA, International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision, Canada; IKN, ICES key number. aAll patients with valid IKN with a non-trauma fracture occurring at an osteoporotic fracture site (hip, humerus, vertebral, wrist, pelvis, femur, clavicle/sternum, ribs, radius/ulna, or tibia/ fibula/knee) between January 1, 2011 and March 31, 2015. Fractures were identified using ICD-10-CA codes from hospital admissions, emergency room visits, and ambulatory care. bControls who did not experience a fracture between January 1, 2011 and March 31, 2015 or during the 5-year lookback period prior to their index date

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