Different effects of age, adiposity and physical activity on the risk of ankle, wrist and hip fractures in postmenopausal women.

ABSTRACT: While increasing age, decreasing body mass index (BMI), and physical inactivity are known to increase hip fracture risk, whether these factors have similar effects on other common fractures is not well established. We used prospectively-collected data from a large cohort to examine the role of these factors on the risk of incident ankle, wrist and hip fractures in postmenopausal women. 1,155,304 postmenopausal participants in the Million Women Study with a mean age of 56.0 (SD 4.8) years, provided information about lifestyle, anthropometric, and reproductive factors at recruitment in 1996-2001. All participants were linked to National Health Service cause-specific hospital records for day-case or overnight admissions. During follow-up for an average of 8.3 years per woman, 6807 women had a

SUBMITTER: Armstrong ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3405513 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature