Open AccessNon-sedentary Lifestyle Can Reduce Hip Fracture Risk among Older Caucasians Adults: The Adventist Health Study-2
Author(s) -
Vichuda Lousuebsakul-Matthews,
Donna Thorpe,
Raymond Knutsen,
W. Lawrence Beeson,
Gary E. Fraser,
Synnøve F. Knutsen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
british journal of medicine and medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2231-0614
DOI - 10.9734/bjmmr/2015/17685
Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , physical activity , hazard ratio , incidence (geometry) , proportional hazards model , osteoporosis , physical therapy , cohort study , cohort , lower risk , demography , gerontology , confidence interval , physics , sociology , optics
The beneficial effect of physical activity on reducing hip fracture risk has been supported in many previous studies. The present cohort study explores the relationship between total daily physical activity expressed as MET-hour/day and hip fracture risk among men over 50 years of age and postmenopausal women (n=22,836).