학술논문

Height Loss in Old Age and Fracture Risk Among Men in Late Life: A Prospective Cohort Study
Document Type
article
Source
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 36(6)
Subject
Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
Clinical Sciences
Osteoporosis
Clinical Research
Physical Injury - Accidents and Adverse Effects
Prevention
Aging
Musculoskeletal
Injuries and accidents
Good Health and Well Being
Aged
Bone Density
Hip Fractures
Humans
Male
Pelvic Bones
Proportional Hazards Models
Prospective Studies
Risk Factors
FRACTURE RISK
HEIGHT LOSS
OLDER MEN
Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Research Group
Biological Sciences
Engineering
Medical and Health Sciences
Anatomy & Morphology
Biological sciences
Biomedical and clinical sciences
Language
Abstract
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