Cigarette Smoking, Alcohol Consumption, and Risk of Hip Fracture in Women | Zendy

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Cigarette Smoking, Alcohol Consumption, and Risk of Hip Fracture in Women

Author(s) -

John A. Baron,

Bahman Farahmand,

Elisabete Weiderpass,

Karl Michaëlsson,

Akke Alberts,

Ingemar Persson,

Sverker Ljunghall

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.161.7.983

Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , odds ratio , confidence interval , population , logistic regression , osteoporosis , risk factor , case control study , demography , environmental health , sociology

Previous studies regarding the impact of cigarette smoking on the risk of hip fracture in postmenopausal women have been inconsistent, suggesting different effects in different groups. The effect of alcohol intake on fracture risk is puzzling: moderate alcohol intake appears to increase bone density, and its association with hip fracture is not clear.

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