Prior fracture as a risk factor for future fracture in an Australian cohort | Zendy

Kara L. HollowayKew | Zendy; Sharon L. BrennanOlsen | Zendy; Mark A. Kotowicz | Zendy; Gosia Bucki-Smith | Zendy; Elizabeth N. Timney | Zendy; Amelia G. Dobbins | Zendy; Lana J. Williams | Zendy; JA Pasco | Zendy

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Prior fracture as a risk factor for future fracture in an Australian cohort

Author(s) -

Kara L. HollowayKew,

Sharon L. BrennanOlsen,

Mark A. Kotowicz,

Gosia Bucki-Smith,

Elizabeth N. Timney,

Amelia G. Dobbins,

Lana J. Williams,

JA Pasco

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

osteoporosis international

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28

H-Index - 170

eISSN - 1433-2965

pISSN - 0937-941X

DOI - 10.1007/s00198-014-2897-9

Subject(s) - medicine , relative risk , risk factor , osteoporosis , young adult , cohort study , confidence interval , fracture (geology) , surgery , pediatrics , geotechnical engineering , engineering

This study investigated the influence of prior fracture on the risk of subsequent fracture. There was a higher risk of subsequent fracture in both young and older adult age groups when Australian males or females had already sustained a prior fracture. Fracture prevention is important throughout life for both sexes.

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