New Zealand University of Otago tests thousands of people for history of fractures
People who broke a bone as a child are at a significantly higher risk of breaking a bone again or suffering from osteoporosis as an adult, according to a New Zealand study.
According to New Zealand media reports on the 15th, researchers from the University of Otago in New Zealand interviewed thousands of people born in the early 1970s in Dunedin, South Island of New Zealand for a long-standing global project term to track their development over the past 50 years, and looked at the subjects’ fracture histories.
As a result of the study, the researchers found that those who had broken a bone at least once as a child had a more than doubled risk of breaking a bone as an adult, as well as a significant decrease in bone density in the hip area in women all year. age of 45.
Dr. Kim Meredith-Jones of the research team said that in their study, one in two subjects had a bone fracture as a child.
She said, however, she doesn’t fully understand why some children have multiple bone fractures and why this might be a predictor of bone health in adulthood. But previous studies have shown that poor family background, exercise intense, overweight and obesity, and vitamin D deficiency, low calcium intake, and physical abuse have been shown to cause fractures.
She explained that children who break more bones are more likely to have weak bones, which increases the likelihood of fractures during exercise or physical activity.
However, he said, “Those who didn’t have a fracture as a child are more likely not to suffer a fracture as an adult. People with a high risk of fracture can use the results of this study to find various preventative measures.”
He added that lifestyle changes to increase bone density from a young age can greatly help reduce bone health and the risk of osteoporosis.
/yunhap news
