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Bone mass and subsequent risk of hip fracture
- Source :
- Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.). 8(2)
- Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- We examined prospectively the associations of bone density and bone dimensions with risk of hip fracture using data from the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and its three follow-up studies. A cohort of 1,489 white women age 45 years or older who received detailed medical examinations in the baseline survey in 1971-1975 were subsequently contacted in 1982-1984, 1986, and 1987. Bone density and hand bone dimensions at several sites were measured at baseline. Fifty incident hip fractures were identified during the follow-up studies. Using Cox regression analyses, we found a relative risk of 11 for women with bone density below the 5th percentile, compared with those above the 75th percentile (95% confidence interval = 2.2-58). Women with smaller external bone dimensions also faced increased risk of hip fracture (relative risk = 4.6 for dimensions below the 5th percentile vs above the 75th percentile; 95% confidence interval = 1.5-14). On the other hand, internal bone dimensions were not associated materially with hip fracture.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Percentile
Bone disease
Bone density
Epidemiology
Osteoporosis
Dentistry
Cohort Studies
Age Distribution
Bone Density
Risk Factors
medicine
Confidence Intervals
Humans
Prospective Studies
Risk factor
Aged
Proportional Hazards Models
Hip fracture
business.industry
Hip Fractures
Incidence
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Health Surveys
Confidence interval
United States
Surgery
Survival Rate
Relative risk
Regression Analysis
Female
business
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10443983
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....412b9a755a3d44bcec87e9ac49c99109