Bone Abstracts

Early life growth has been suggested to influence bone health. However, the relationship with risk of hip fracture in old age has not been thoroughly investigated. We therefore studied the association between birth weight and hip fracture incidence after age 50 among 10 893 men and women (48% women) from the Uppsala Birth Cohort Study (UBCoS, born 1915–1929) and 1334 men from the Uppsala Longitudinal Study of Adult Men (ULSAM, born 1920–1924). Birth weight was collec...

Caffeine, a methylxanthine present in coffee, tea, coca-cola and other beverages, is considered to be responsible for an increased risk of osteoporosis in coffee drinkers, however the data from human and experimental studies are inconsistent. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of a moderate dose of caffeine on the skeletal system of rats with normal and decreased estrogen level (developing osteoporosis due to estrogen deficiency).Caffei...