Frailty and bone health in European men.

ABSTRACT:

Background

frailty is associated with an increased risk of fragility fractures. Less is known, however, about the association between frailty and bone health.

Methods

men aged 40-79 years were recruited from population registers in eight European centres for participation in the European Male Aging Study. Subjects completed a comprehensive assessment which included quantitative ultrasound (QUS) scan of the heel (Hologic-SAHARA) and in two centres, dual-energy bone densitometry (dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, DXA). Frailty was defined based on an adaptation of Fried's phenotype criteria and a frailty index (FI) was constructed. The association between frailty and the QUS and DXA parameters was determined using linear regression, with adjustments for age, body mass index an

SUBMITTER: Cook MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5859977 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature