Original Full Length ArticleDifferent effects of age, adiposity and physical activity on the risk of ankle, wrist and hip fractures in postmenopausal women
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► Risk factors for ankle, wrist, and hip fractures differ by age, adiposity, and physical activity in postmenopausal women. ► Age-specific rates for wrist and hip fractures increased sharply with age, whereas rates for ankle fracture did not. ► Obese women had a three-fold increased risk of ankle fracture, when compared with lean women. ► Compared with lean women, obese women had a 43% and 77% reduced risk of wrist and hip fractures, respectively. ► Physical inactivity was associated with increased risk of hip fracture, but had little association with ankle or wrist fracture.
Keywords
Hip fracture
Wrist fracture
Ankle fracture
Physical activity
BMI
Postmenopausal women
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