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dc.contributor.authorMorseth, Bente
dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Luai A.
dc.contributor.authorBjørnerem, Åshild
dc.contributor.authorEmaus, Nina
dc.contributor.authorJacobsen, Bjarne Koster
dc.contributor.authorJoakimsen, Ragnar Martin
dc.contributor.authorStørmer, Jan
dc.contributor.authorWilsgaard, Tom
dc.contributor.authorJørgensen, Lone
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-29T12:13:53Z
dc.date.available2012-10-29T12:13:53Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractOur aim was to examine associations between leisure time physical activity and risk of non-vertebral fractures in men and women aged ≥55 years, with focus on the anatomical fracture location. Self-reported physical activity was registered in 3,450 men and 4,072 women aged 55–97 years at baseline in the Tromsø Study, Norway, in 1994–1995. Non-vertebral fractures were registered through December 31, 2009. During 75,546 person-years at risk, 1,693 non-vertebral fractures were identified. Risk of any non-vertebral fracture decreased with increasing physical activity level in men (P trend = 0.006) and non-significantly in women (P trend = 0.15), after adjustment for age, body mass index, height, smoking, and previous fracture. The reduced fracture risk was due to a reduced risk in the weight-bearing skeleton, particular at the hip, whereas risk of fracture in the non-weight-bearing skeleton was not related to physical activity. At weight-bearing sites, an inverse relationship between physical activity and fracture risk was present in both sexes (P trend ≤ 0.013). Compared with sedentary subjects, the most active men and women had respectively 37% (HR = 0.63, 95% CI: 0.45, 0.88) and 23% (HR = 0.77, 95% CI: 0.62, 0.95) reduced fracture risk in the weight-bearing skeleton. Physical activity is associated with reduced fracture risk at weight-bearing sites, with no associations at non-weight-bearing sites, in both sexes. Habitual physical activity is an important amendable approach to prevent hip fracture.en
dc.identifier.citationEuropean Journal of Epidemiology 27(2012) nr. 6 s. 463-471en
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 909172
dc.identifier.doidoi: 10.1007/s10654-012-9665-y
dc.identifier.issn0393-2990
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/4589
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_4314
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherSpringeren
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Epidemiology medical and dental statistics: 803en
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Epidemiologi medisinsk og odontologisk statistikk: 803en
dc.titleLeisure time physical activity and risk of non-vertebral fracture in men and women aged 55 years and older : the Tromso Studyen
dc.typeJournal articleen
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dc.typePeer revieweden


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