Physical activity and the risk of hip fracture in the elderly: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Physical activity has been inversely associated with the risk of hip fracture, however, few studies have been conducted on the contributions from different domains of physical activity. This study was performed to investigate the association between daily household activities, leisure time physical activity, work-related physical activity and total physical activity during a 24-h period, and the risk of hip fracture. In the Swedish National March Cohort we followed 23,881 men and women aged of 50 and over from 1997 until 2010. Information on domain-specific physical activity was collected at baseline using a questionnaire. We fitted separate multivariable adjusted Cox proportional hazard models to each domain to obtain hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Each model was

SUBMITTER: Lagerros YT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5684287 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature