Prior fragility fracture and risk of incident ischaemic cardiovascular events: results from UK Biobank

ConclusionsPrior fragility fracture is an independent risk factor for incident ischaemic cardiovascular events in men. Further work may clarify whether this association is causal or represents shared risk factors, but these findings are likely to be of value in risk assessment of both osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease.
Source: Osteoporosis International - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research