Muscle density is an independent risk factor of second hip fracture: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with a first hip fracture are at high risk of fracturing their other hip. Despite this, preventive therapy is often not given. Because little is known about specific risk factors of a second hip fracture, we investigated the association with areal bone mineral density (aBMD), muscle size, and density. We also investigated whether muscle parameters predict the risk of a contralateral fracture independently of aBMD.

Methods

Three groups were included, one without hip fracture (a subcohort of the China Action on Spine and Hip Status study), one with a first, and one with a second hip fracture. Subjects with fractures were recruited from the longitudinal Chinese Second Hip Fracture Evaluation (CSHFE). Computed tomography scans of CSHFE patients, which were ob

SUBMITTER: Wang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9178374 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature