The association between fracture and obesity is site-dependent: A population-based study in postmenopausal women

Prieto‐Alhambra, Daniel; Orlandin Premaor, Melissa; Fina Avilés, Francesc; Hermosilla, Eduard; Martínez-Laguna, Daniel; Carbonell-Abella, Cristina; Nogués, Xavier; Compston, Juliet; Díez‐Pérez, Adolfo

doi:10.1002/jbmr.1466

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The association between fracture and obesity is site-dependent: A population-based study in postmenopausal women

Published in Journal of Bone and Mineral Research • Nov 16, 2011

Authors:

Daniel Prieto‐Alhambra

Melissa Orlandin Premaor

Francesc Fina Avilés

Abstract

The association between obesity and fracture is controversial. We investigated the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and fracture at different skeletal sites in women aged ≥50 years using data from the Sistema d' Informació per al Desenvolupament de la Investigació en Atenció Primària (SIDI...

Subject

Medicine

Obesity

Association (psychology)

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