To give you an example, consumption of dairy products, particularly at age 20 years, was associated with an increased
risk of hip fracture in old age.
The research revealed that individuals increasing their intake of calcium and vitamin D generally increase bone mineral density along with
reducing risk of hip fracture considerably.
The randomized controlled trials suggested a 64 % greater
risk of hip fractures with calcium supplementation compared to just getting like a placebo sugar pill.
Milk consumption during teenage years was not associated with a
lower risk of hip fracture, and, if anything, milk consumption was associated with a borderline increase in fracture risk in men.
Furthermore, diets with low inflammatory potential appeared to correspond to lower
risk of hip fracture among one subgroup of the study — post-menopausal white women younger than 63.
In fact, the researchers found that for certain groups of people — such as those who started out with a certain minimum amount of vitamin D already in their blood — adding more vitamin D was actually tied with a slightly
greater risk of hip fractures.
Higher scores were associated with an almost 50 percent
larger risk of hip fracture in Caucasian women younger than 63, compared with the risk for women in the group with the lowest inflammatory scores.
«By following this cohort of older women for so long, we show directly that
lifetime risk of hip fracture in community - dwelling women over age 75 is extremely high,» wrote the authors of the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research study report.
And women with the highest phytate levels had the lowest levels of bone loss in the spine, and the hip, and so no surprise that those who ate the most phytates were estimated to have a significantly lower risk of major fracture, and lower
risk of hip fracture specifically.
A new study published today in The Lancet reveals that a simple questionnaire, combined with bone mineral density measurements for some, would help identify those
at risk of hip fracture.
Studies have shown that higher levels of MK - 7 in the blood correspond to lower
risk of hip fracture in older Japanese women, and that higher MK - 7 also correspond to increased intake of soy foods fermented with Bacillus bacteria.
«Elderly women with a high dietary ratio of animal to vegetable protein intake have more rapid femoral neck bone loss and a
greater risk of hip fracture than do those with a low ratio.
In the case of MK - 7 (the form of vitamin K produced by Bacillus bacteria, and a member of the vitamin K2 menaquinone family), we know that higher levels of MK - 7 in the blood correspond to
lower risk of hip fracture in older Japanese women, and that higher MK - 7 levels correspond to increased intake of soy foods that have been fermented with Bacillus bacteria.
In addition, there is evidence that women who have passed the age of menopause may be able to lower
their risk of hip fracture through frequent consumption of onions.
Researchers concluded that older women consuming onions frequently may decrease
their risk of hip fracture by more than 20 %, compared to women who never eat onions.
Milk intake and
risk of hip fracture in men and women: a meta - analysis of prospective cohort studies
Bischoff - Ferrari, H. A., Dawson - Hughes, B., Baron, J. A., Kanis, J. A., Orav, E. J., Staehelin, H. B., Kiel, D. P., Burckhardt, P., Henschkowski, J., Spiegelman, D., Li, R., Wong, J. B., Feskanich, D., and Willett, W. C. Milk intake and
risk of hip fracture in men and women: a meta - analysis of prospective cohort studies.
«Breastfeeding and other reproductive factors and
the risk of hip fractures in elderly woman.»
After controlling for other factors, they found that the amount of milk the subjects drank during their teen years had no effect on
their risk of hip fractures as they got older.
Long - term proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use does not increase
the risk of hip fracture among persons with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland.
Some previous studies have suggested that long - term PPI use may increase
the risk of hip fracture.
The use of benzodiazepines and related drugs increases
the risk of hip fracture by 43 % in persons with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland.
According to this new study, however,
the risk of hip fracture is not increased even in long - term use.
The risk of hip fracture was slightly increased for PPI use of less than one year, but not for long - term or cumulative use during a follow - up period of 10 years.
The reviewers, led by Alison Avenell, M.D. at the University of Aberdeen in Aberdeen UK, concluded that in the doses and formulations that were tested in the included trials, supplements of vitamin D alone are unlikely to lower
the risk of hip fractures for older people.
Supplements of vitamin D with calcium did, however, reduce
the risk of hip fractures in nine of the studies.
Cortisone treatment to counteract inflammation conditions such as rheumatoid or muscular arthritis, meanwhile, doubles
the risk of hip fracture.
If patients receive the osteoporosis medication alendronate, it reduces
the risk of hip fracture by 65 percent, as a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reveals.
«Farmers are not just the backbone of a nation, they may have stronger hips too: Researchers find that male Swedish farmers have a significantly lower
risk of hip fracture, possibly due to their high levels of physical activity.»
For male farmers
the risk of a hip fracture was 14 % lower compared to other occupations, adjusted for age.
The use of alendronate was associated with a lower
risk of hip fracture in a multivariable - adjusted Cox model (hazard ratio, 0.35; 95 % CI, 0.22 - 0.54).
Promising: Vitamin - K - Rich Veggies A high intake of vitamin - K - rich foods may help stave off bone loss and reduce
the risk of hip fractures, say a number of large - scale studies.
A 2007 analysis of the best available studies of adults, including a handful of randomized controlled trials, found that neither calcium supplements nor dairy products reduced
the risk of hip fractures in men or women.