date:Jun 08, 2015
Dietary guidelines suggest a daily intake of five servings of fruits and vegetables per day, but whether such intakes are associated with a lower risk of hip fracture is unclear, noted Liisa Byberg, PhD, of Uppsala University in Sweden, and colleagues.
To examine the dose-response association between habitual fruit and vegetable intake and hip fracture in a cohort study involving 40,644 men and 34,947 women, aged 45 to 83 years, who were free from cardiovascular disease and cancer. Participants