Association between Body Mass Index, Abdominal Obesity, and Body Size with Hip and Femoral Fractures in the Elderly

Association between Body Mass Index, Abdominal Obesity, and Body Size with Hip and Femoral Fractures in the Elderly

Background: The risk of bone fractures, particularly hip fractures is increasing in the elderly. One of the known factors for predicting fractures is body mass index (BMI) and abdominal obesity. Thus, this study aimed to determine the association between obesity (general and abdominal) with femoral...

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Main Authors: Farzaneh Montazerifar, Rasul Taghvaeefar, Mansour Karajibani, Bahnaz Izad Panahi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services 2023-02-01
Series:Journal of Nutrition and Food Security
Subjects:
body mass index
abdominal obesity
body size
hip fracture
femoral fracture
Online Access:http://jnfs.ssu.ac.ir/article-1-464-en.html

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