Abdominal obesity increases the risk of hip fracture. A population-based study of 43 000 women and men aged 60-79 years followed for 8 years. Cohort of Norway

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 277, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 306-317

  Sogaard A J ^a   Holvik, K ^a   Omsland, T K ^a,b   Tell, G S ^c   Dahl, C ^a,c   Schei, B ^d,e   Falch, J A ^a   Eisman, J A ^f,g,h,i   Meyer, H E ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^g ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Body mass index; Hip fractures; Waist circumference; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; HIP FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84923081160     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joim.12230     Document Type: Article

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