Increased cortical porosity and reduced cortical thickness of the proximal femur are associated with nonvertebral fracture independent of Fracture Risk Assessment Tool and Garvan estimates in postmenopausal women

• Rita Kral,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6963-2215

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• Marit Osima,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

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• Tove T. Borgen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Vestre Viken Hospital Trust, Hospital of Drammen, Drammen, Norway

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• Roald Vestgaard,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

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• Elin Richardsen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Medical Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Department of Pathology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

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• Åshild Bjørnerem

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ashild.bjornerem@uit.no

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

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