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Height Loss in Old Age and Fracture Risk Among Men in Late Life: A Prospective Cohort Study
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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 36(6)
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To assess the association of height loss in old age with subsequent risk of hip and any clinical fracture in men late in life while accounting for the competing risk of mortality, we used data from 3491 community-dwelling men (mean age 79.2 years). Height loss between baseline and follow-up (mean 7.0 years between examinations) was categorized as