Researchers identified the clinical characteristics of fragility fractures among older adults with type 2 diabetes, in the Framingham Heart Study.
The cumulative incidence of bone fractures was below 5% in BPA recipients.
With the rate of a second fracture in high-risk patients still unknown, researchers evaluated the recurrence of fx in certain vulnerable subgroups.
The SWAN study assessed associations between demographic and clinical characteristics with risk of fracture in premenopausal and postmenopausal women.
Using the FOS, the FOS Offspring, and CHAMP studies, researchers studied the relationship between dietary fiber and risk for hip fracture in older men.
Postmenopausal women with an initial bone fracture, even in the arm or wrist, have a three to six times higher risk for subsequent bone fractures.
Several factors have been identified that increase the likelihood of experiencing a fracture in middle age, including female sex and a low level of leisure-time physical activity.
The Sydney AFF Score is a tool to help differentiate atypical from typical femur fractures in women, independent of bisphosphonate use.
Patients with type 2 diabetes face up to a three-fold increased risk of hip fracture, despite adequate areal bone mineral density which may underestimate fracture risk in these patients.
The objective of this study was to analyze the risk of incident vertebral and nonvertebral fracture in men with DISH.
