Alcohol intake, specific alcoholic beverages, and risk of hip fractures in postmenopausal women and men age 50 and older

Although a number of studies have examined the association between alcohol intake and hip fractures, few have considered specific alcoholic beverages separately. We prospectively assessed total alcohol and specific alcoholic beverage consumption and risk of hip fractures in US men and women. Health, lifestyle information, and hip fractures were self-reported on biennial questionnaires between 1980 and 2014 in 75,180 postmenopausal women from the...