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The plevalence of osteomalacia was studied in 64 hip fracture patients who were admitted to Hamamatsu University Hospital for operative treatment between 1987 and 1989. Histological osteomalacia was found in 3 of the 64 patients (4.7%), suggesting that osteomalacia is not a significant predisposing factor in Japan in the development of hip fractures. This prevalence is lower than the corresponding figures in the United Kingdom and northern European countries, probably due to the more abundant exposure to sunlight in Japan.
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Shimizu, S., Kushida, K., Sumi, Y. et al. Osteomalacia in elderly patients with hip fractures. J Bone Miner Metab 9, 21–24 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02374902
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