Short-term relationship between hip fracture and weather conditions in two Spanish health areas with different climates.

A previous study conducted in the Valencian Community [ 16 ] showed a positive trend (persistent, systematic tendency of a series) and marked seasonality for hip fracture incidence, with increases in the autumn and winter compared to spring and summer.

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The role of seasonality was greater in the Mediterranean zone, which had an increased incidence of 9% in autumn and winter compared to spring, although this difference did not reach statistical significance ( Table 2 ). 3.2.

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