Constitutive melanin density is associated with prevalent and short-term, but not long-term, incident fracture risk in older Caucasian adults.
Michael Jw ThompsonG JonesS BalogunD A AitkenPublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2020)
Constitutive melanin density was associated with prevalent and short-term, but not long-term, incident fracture risk in older Caucasian adults. This suggests melanin density either acts as a surrogate marker for an unmeasured fracture risk factor or the relationship between melanin density and fracture changes with time.