Relationship of Height to Site-Specific Fracture Risk in Postmenopausal Women.

ABSTRACT: Height has been associated with increased risk of fracture of the neck of femur. However, information on the association of height with fractures at other sites is limited and conflicting. A total of 796,081 postmenopausal women, who reported on health and lifestyle factors including a history of previous fractures and osteoporosis, were followed for 8 years for incident fracture at various sites by record linkage to National Health Service hospital admission data. Adjusted relative risks of fracture at different sites per 10-cm increase in height were estimated using Cox regression. Numbers with site-specific fractures were: humerus (3036 cases), radius and/or ulna (1775), wrist (9684), neck of femur (5734), femur (not neck) (713), patella (649), tibia and/or fibula (1811), ankle (5523),

SUBMITTER: Armstrong ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4832288 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature