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Higher drinking-water fluoride exposure vs Null / lowest drinking-water fluoride exposure (reference)

Hip Fracture · general population

Overall hip-fracture risk showed little association with drinking-water fluoride and a nearly flat dose-response curve (narrow CI); no numeric RR reported in text; ungraded.

1 finding from 1 review
  • The association of fluoride exposure with bone density and fracture risk: a dose-response meta-analysis. 2025 All outcomes
    Long-term / lifetime fluoride exposure · General population; 37 observational studies (1944-2024), predominantly North America (USA, Canada) and Northern Europe (Finland, Sweden), plus UK, Poland, Italy, Germany, China, Taiwan, South Korea, Ethiopia; exposure mainly community drinking-water fluoride · Overall dose-response (0 to highest exposure)
    Curve indicated little association and was nearly flat, with a comparatively narrow 95% confidence band (no numeric RR reported in text)
    Studies not reported
    GRADE not reported