Observational studies investigating hip fracture risk: a fundamental methodological issue?

There has recently been a strong debate as to whether higher milk intake increases the risk of hip fracture in older women, which might cause significant confusion among the general public; hip fracture is one of the most serious fractures that would result generally from skeletal fragility and minor trauma such as falls. In such a situation, Bergholdt et al. [1] performed research on lactase persistence that provides an important insight into this topic. As a result, there was no association between genetically lifelong lactase persistence with higher milk intake and the risk of hip fracture. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Journal of Internal Medicine

• Publication date

  2018-06-03

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/joim.12773PMID 29786158
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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