Serum non-esterified fatty acid levels and hip fracture risk: The Cardiovascular Health Study.

Joshua I BarzilayP BuzkovaL DjousséJ IxJ KizerJ CauleyN MatthanA H LichtensteinK J Mukamal

Published in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2021)

Total plasma trans NEFA levels are related to hip fracture risk, suggesting an unrecognized benefit of their systematic removal from food. Novel associations of individual NEFAs with hip fracture risk require confirmation in other cohort studies.

Keyphrases

hip fracture
fatty acid
risk assessment