High serum adiponectin predicts incident fractures in elderly men: Osteoporotic fractures in men (MrOS) Sweden

Helena Johansson, Anders Oden, Ulf H. Lerner, Hans Jutberger, Mattias Lorentzon, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Magnus Karlsson, Osten Ljunggren, Ulf Smith, Eugene McCloskey, John A. Kanis, Claes Ohlsson, Dan Mellstrom

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Abstract

Adipocytes and osteoblasts share a common progenitor, and there is, therefore, potential for both autocrine and endocrine effects of adiponectin on skeletal metabolism. The aim of the present study was to determine whether high serum adiponectin was associated with an increased risk of fracture in elderly men. We studied the relationship between serum adiponectin and the risk of fracture in 999 elderly men drawn from the general population and recruited to the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) study in Gothenburg, Sweden. Baseline data included general health questionnaires, lifestyle questionnaires, body mass index (BMI), bone mineral density (BMD), serum adiponectin, osteocalcin, and leptin. Men were followed for up to 7.4 years (average, 5.2 years). Poisson regression was used to investigate the relationship between serum adiponectin, other risk variables and the time-to-event hazard function of fracture. Median levels of serum adiponectin at baseline were 10.4 mu g/mL (interquartile range, 7.714.3). During follow-up, 150 men sustained one or more fractures. The risk of fracture increased in parallel with increasing serum adiponectin (hazard ratio [HR]/SD, 1.46; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.231.72) and persisted after multivariate-adjusted analysis (HR/SD, 1.30; 95% CI, 1.091.55). Serum adiponectin shows graded stepwise association with a significant excess risk of fracture in elderly men that was independent of several other risk factors for fracture. Its measurement holds promise as a risk factor for fracture in men. (C) 2012 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1390-1396
JournalJournal of Bone and Mineral Research
Volume27
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Orthopaedics

Free keywords

  • ADIPONECTIN
  • ELDERLY MEN
  • SPLINE POISSON REGRESSION MODEL
  • INCIDENT
  • FRACTURES

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