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Physical Activity Slows Femoral Bone Loss but Promotes Wrist Fractures in Postmenopausal Women: A 15-Year Follow-up of the OSTPRE Study

Rikkonen T, Salovaara K, Sirola J, et al (Univ of Kuopio, Finland; Kuopio Univ Hosp, Finland) J Bone Miner Res 25:2332-2340, 2010^§

Abstract

Results on fracture risk among physically active persons are contradictory. The aim of this study was to investigate the long-term association between the self-reported physical activity (PA), the risk of fractures, and bone loss among peri- and postmenopausal women. The association between PA and fracture risk was examined during 15 years of follow-up in the population-based Osteoporosis Risk Factor and Prevention (OSTPRE) Study among 8560 women with a mean age of 52.2 years (range 47 to 56 years) at baseline. The amount and type of PA, as well as the types and mechanisms of fractures, were registered with self-administered questionnaires at 5-year intervals (ie, 1989, 1994, 1999, and 2004). A total of 2641 follow-up fractures were verified in 2073 women (24.2%). The study cohort was divided into quartiles by average hours of reported PA during the whole follow-up. Areal bone mineral density (aBMD) at the proximal femur (n = 2050) and lumbar spine (L₂–L₄; n

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