@article{ref1,
title="Epidemiology and prevention of osteoporosis in urbanized Asian populations",
journal="Osteoporosis international",
year="1993",
author="Lau, Edith M. C. and Cooper, Colin",
volume="3",
number="Suppl 1",
pages="23-26",
abstract="The incidence rate of hip fracture in Hong Kong in 1989 was calculated from hospital admission data and the census population. The incidence rate has increased 3-fold since 1966 to reach 9 per 1000 in men and 13 per 1000 in women 80 years and over. The age-adjusted rate was comparable to that in Singapore but higher than that in Japan. A case-control study was conducted on 280 women and 120 men with hip fracture and 800 controls. The relative risk for hip fracture increased with a low calcium intake, being 2.9 (95% confidence interval 1.9 to 4.6) in the lowest quartile. The relative risk for hip fracture was also significantly increased in subjects who did not perform load-bearing activity every day. Osteoporosis may be prevented by an adequate calcium intake and load-bearing activity in urbanized Asian populations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0937-941X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}