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ba0001oc1.3 | Osteoporosis epidemiology and long term treatment complications | ECTS2013

Size at birth is not associated with risk of hip fracture. results from two population-based cohorts

Byberg Liisa , Michaelsson Karl , Koupil Ilona

Early life growth has been suggested to influence bone health. However, the relationship with risk of hip fracture in old age has not been thoroughly investigated. We therefore studied the association between birth weight and hip fracture incidence after age 50 among 10 893 men and women (48% women) from the Uppsala Birth Cohort Study (UBCoS, born 1915–1929) and 1334 men from the Uppsala Longitudinal Study of Adult Men (ULSAM, born 1920–1924). Birth weight was collec...