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Date Submitted:
12/12/07
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Bone Fracture a Real Danger for Older Men
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Older women are generally more likely than men to fracture a bone, but once a man has suffered at least one such injury that gender gap disappears, new research shows.
"After a first fracture, the risk of a subsequent fracture in women is doubled, but for men, it is increased three- to four-fold, so that the absolute risk of a subsequent fracture is the same for women and men," said the study's lead author, Jacqueline Center, a senior research officer at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney, Australia. "In other words, the protective effect of being a man on fracture risk was lost after the first fracture," she said. Center added that the increased risk of refracture lasted as long as 10 years after the initial fracture. Results of the study are published in the Jan. 24/31 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, fractures are most often caused Read the Complete Article Similar content: Older Women Gain From Good Post-Fracture Care, in Arthritis Older Epilepsy Drugs Promote Bone Loss, in Epilepsy Few Americans Know of Leg Artery Danger, in Multiple Sclerosis Health Tip: Risk Factors for Hip Fracture, in Arthritis Real-World Fitness May Cut Stroke Risk, in Stroke |
