New Zealand University of Otago surveys thousands of people for fracture history
People who broke a bone as a child have a significantly increased risk of breaking a bone again as an adult or suffering from osteoporosis, a New Zealand study has found.
According to New Zealand media on the 15th, researchers at the University of Otago in New Zealand surveyed thousands of people born in the early 1970s in Dunedin, New Zealand’s South Island, for a long-term comprehensive project to track their development over the past 50 years, and surveyed their fracture histories. did.
As a result of the study, the research team 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. did.
Dr. Kim Meredith-Jones of the research team said that in their study, one in two subjects had a bone fracture as a child. said to have appeared.
“However, we have not fully understood why some children have multiple bone breaks and why this could be a predictor of bone health in adulthood,” he said. D deficiency, low calcium intake, and physical abuse have been shown to cause fractures.
He explained that children with multiple bone breaks are most likely to have weak bones, which increases the likelihood of fractures during sports or physical activity.
He said, however, that those who did not have a fracture as a child are more likely not to experience a fracture as an adult, and that people with a high risk of fracture can use the results of this study to find various preventive measures.
He added that lifestyle changes to increase bone density from a young age can greatly help bone health and reduce the risk of osteoporosis.
/yunhap news