461 Association between temperament and fracture risk in preschool-age children: a case control study

Approximately half of all children will sustain a fracture during childhood and adolescence. Understanding the factors that place a child at increased risk of fracture is necessary to inform effective injury prevention strategies. A case-control study design with 128 cases and 426 frequency-matched controls (age and sex) was used to examine the risk of fracture (radiologist diagnosed fracture) in children ages 3–6 years. Cases were recruited …