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ba0001s1.2 | Developmental origins of metabolic bone disease | ECTS2013

Maternal environment and intra-uterine skeletal development

Javaid Muhammad Kassim

Fragility fractures including hip fracture are a significant global burden. There is a growing body of evidence that the early environment influenceS an individual’s risk of fracture. Evidence from longitudinal studies have demonstrated the relationship between measures of body size in early life with later bone mass and risk of fragility fracture. These observations have been extended by parent/offspring cohorts with detailed examination of the maternal environment and s...