Article: Researchers at Umea University target osteoporosis.

According to recent research from Umea, Sweden, "The influence of bone mass, bone size and previous low energy fractures upon Prospective fractures has not been investigated in a referral osteoporotic population. We investigated the association between bone mass, bone size, previous fractures, body constitution, and prospective validated fractures in 5701 women and 1376 men, aged 30 years and older."

"Bone mass measurements of the femoral neck were collected at a single study center in Sweden. Most of the subjects were measured on suspicion of osteoporosis. Data on validated low energy retrospective and Prospective fractures in the cohort were collected from the ... <0.05). Bone size did not predict prospective fractures in either sex (HR = 0.91-0.99, p>

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