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Cognitive decline may help predict future fracture risk in women


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Researchers led by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have discovered a link between cognitive decline and a faster rate of bone loss, and found that cognitive decline over five years increased future fracture risk in women. The association between cognitive decline and bone loss was weaker in men.
The study of individuals aged 65 and older was carried out over 16 years and has revealed a potential new approach to help identify older people who may be at risk of fracture.
Bone loss and cognitive decline are major public health issues, but both are silent diseases that can go undetected and untreated for long periods, often until the conditions are severely progressed, says Professor Jacqueline Center, Head of the Clinical Studies and Epidemiology lab at Garvan, endocrinologist at St Vincent s Hospital and senior author of the findings published in the ....

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