Measured height loss predicts fractures in middle-aged and older men and women: The EPIC-Norfolk prospective population study

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 425-432

  Moayyeri, Alireza ^a   Luben, Robert N ^a   Bingham, Sheila A ^b   Welch, Ailsa A ^a   Wareham, Nicholas J ^a   Khaw, Kay Tee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Fragility fractures; Height loss; Hip fracture; Osteoporosis; Prospective study; QUS; Spine fracture; Stature loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HAZARD RATIO; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 39749104147     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.071106     Document Type: Article

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