Ex-smokers and risk of hip fracture

L. Forsén, K. Bjartveit, A. Bjørndal, T.-H. Edna, H.E. Meyer and B. Schei

American Journal of Public Health, 1998, vol. 88, issue 10, 1481-1483

Abstract: Objectives. The purpose of this study was to examine the reversibility of the effect of smoking on hip fracture incidence rates. Methods. A 3-year follow-up cohort study was conducted involving 35 767 adults 50 years of age or older. Of these individuals, 421 suffered a hip fracture. Results. Among participants less than 75 years of age, the relative risk (RR) of hip fracture was elevated for ex-smokers, even for those who had quit smoking more than 5 years previously (men: RR = 4.4, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.2, 15.3; women: RR: 1.3, 95% CI = 0.6, 3.0), but was not as high as that for current smokers (men: RR = 5.0, 95% CI = 1.5, 16.9; women: RR = 1.9, 95% CI = 1.2, 3.1). Conclusions. The effect of smoking on risk of hip fracture was not reversed completely 5 years after smoking cessation.

Date: 1998
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