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Published on: August 17, 2017
Gender differences between smoking and the risk of hip fracture
Yilun Tang1, Yan Xu2, Jinhui Song3
1Department of Orthopedics, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, No. 157, West 5th Road, Xi'an, 710103, China. a_lun1111@163.com.
Objective:
This study aimed to estimate the relation between cigarette smoking and hip fracture in men compared with women using a meta-analytic approach.
Methods:
On March 1, 2024, prospective cohort studies were searched from PubMed, Embase and Cochrane library systems. The gender difference in the relationship between smoking and hip fracture risk was evaluated by random effect model.
Results:
Eleven prospective cohort studies involving data from 2,689,620 individuals were selected for meta-analysis. The ratio of relative risk (RRR) of hip fractures in current smokers was significantly higher in men than in women (RRR: 1.10; 95%CI: 1.00 - 1.20; P = 0.047), while no evidence of sex differences in former smoking and hip fracture risk (RRR: 0.98; 95%CI: 0.88 - 1.10; P = 0.759).
Conclusions:
The male-to-female RRR of hip fractures increased in current smokers, whereas no sex difference was found in the relationship between former smoking and the risk of hip fractures.
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