Document Type

Journal Article

Publisher

MDPI AG

Place of Publication

Switzerland

School

School of Medical and Health Sciences

RAS ID

24601

Funders

National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia

Grant Number

NHMRC Numbers : 254627, 303169, 572604, 1107474

Comments

Blekkenhorst, L. C., Hodgson, J. M., Lewis, J. R., Devine, A., Woodman, R. J., Lim, W. H., ... & Prince, R. L. (2017). Vegetable and fruit intake and fracture-related hospitalisations: A prospective study of older women. Nutrients, 9(5), 511, 1-15.

https://doi.org/10.3390/nu9050511

Abstract

The importance of vegetable and fruit intakes for the prevention of fracture in older women is not well understood. Few studies have explored vegetable and fruit intakes separately, or the associations of specific types of vegetables and fruits with fracture hospitalisations. The objective of this study was to examine the associations of vegetable and fruit intakes, separately, and specific types of vegetables and fruits with fracture-related hospitalisations in a prospective cohort of women aged ≥70 years. Vegetable and fruit intakes were assessed at baseline (1998) in 1468 women using a food frequency questionnaire. The incidence of fracture-related hospitalisations over 14.5 years of follow-up was determined using the Hospital Morbidity Data Collection, linked via theWestern Australian Data Linkage System. Fractures were identified in 415 (28.3%) women, of which 158 (10.8%) were hip fractures. Higher intakes of vegetables, but not fruits, were associated with lower fracture incidence. In multivariable-adjusted models for vegetable types, cruciferous and allium vegetables were inversely associated with all fractures, with a hazard ratio (HR) (95% confidence interval) of 0.72 (0.54, 0.95) and 0.66 (0.49, 0.88), respectively, for the highest vs. lowest quartiles. Increasing vegetable intake, with an emphasis on cruciferous and allium vegetables, may prevent fractures in older postmenopausal women.

DOI

10.3390/nu9050511

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