High physical activity is associated with greater cortical bone size, better physical function, and with lower risk of incident fractures independently of clinical risk factors in older women from the SUPERB study.

ABSTRACT: The Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly (PASE) is a validated test to assess physical activity in older people. It has not been investigated if physical activity, according to PASE, is associated with fracture risk independently from the clinical risk factors (CRFs) in FRAX, bone mineral density (BMD), comorbidity, and if such an association is due to differences in physical performance or bone parameters. The purpose of this study was to evaluate if PASE score is associated with bone characteristics, physical function, and independently predicts incident fracture in 3014 75-80-yr-old women from the population-based cross-sectional SUPERB study. At baseline, participants answered questionnaires and underwent physical function tests, detailed bone phenotyping with DXA, and high-resoluti

SUBMITTER: Johansson L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11371905 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature