Cataract surgery resulted in 30 percent fewer hip fractures – July 2012

Improved Vision After Cataract Surgery Lowers Risk of Broken Hips, Study Finds New York Times - July 2012

• 28% reduction for those aged 80-84

Possible reasons (by VitaminDWiki)

1. See better ==> avoid situations which cause falls
2. See better ==> get outdoors more ==> get more vitamin D
   More vitamin D ==> faster muscle reaction time ==> fewer falls
   More vitamin D==> stronger bones ==> fewer hip fractures if fall

From JAMA article – which had full text

PDF is attached at the bottom of this page

Note: this study nicely used Propensity Score Analysis on Medicare database