Relationship of Weight, Height, and Body Mass Index With Fracture Risk at Different Sites in Postmenopausal Women: The Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW)

Compston, Juliet; Flahive, Julie; W. Hosmer, David; B. Watts, Nelson; S. Siris, Ethel; Silverman, Stuart; G. Saag, Kenneth; Roux, Christian; Rossini, Maurizio; Pfeilschifter, Johannes; W. Nieves, Jeri; C. Netelenbos, J.; March, Lyn; Z. LaCroix, Andrea; H. Hooven, Frederick; L. Greenspan, Susan; H. Gehlbach, Stephen; Díez‐Pérez, Adolfo; Cooper, Cyrus; Chapurlat, Roland; Boonen, Steven; A. Anderson, Frederick; Adami, Silvano; D. Adachi, Jonathan; the GLOW Investigators, for

doi:10.1002/jbmr.2051

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Relationship of Weight, Height, and Body Mass Index With Fracture Risk at Different Sites in Postmenopausal Women: The Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW)

Published in Journal of Bone and Mineral Research • Jul 22, 2013

Authors:

Juliet Compston

Julie Flahive

David W. Hosmer

Abstract

Low body mass index (BMI) is a well-established risk factor for fracture in postmenopausal women. Height and obesity have also been associated with increased fracture risk at some sites. We investigated the relationships of weight, BMI, and height with incident clinical fracture in a practice-based ...

Subject

Body mass index

Medicine

Osteoporosis

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