Age at diabetes diagnosis and fracture risk in women: a cohort study from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health.

ABSTRACT: Diabetes increases fracture risk, but whether this risk varies by age at diagnosis is unclear. In a large cohort of Australian women, younger age at diabetes diagnosis was linked to substantially higher fracture risk. Age at diagnosis may enhance fracture risk assessment and guide targeted prevention.

Purpose

The purpose is to examine whether age at diabetes diagnosis modifies the association between diabetes and fracture risk in women.

Methods

We used data from 12,170 participants in the 1946-1951 cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, linked with administrative health records. Women were followed from age 27 to 76 years. Diabetes status, age at diagnosis, and fracture events were identified from survey and administrative data. Poisson regression was

SUBMITTER: Simpson PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12672712 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature