Gebre AK, Sim M, Rodríguez AJ, et al. - In this study, the relationship between abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) and long-term fall-related hospitalizations was explored in community-dwelling older women. Researchers obtained fall-related hospitalizations from linked data over 14.5-years in a prospective cohort of 1,053 older women (mean age 75.0 ± 2.6 years). Using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, AAC was evaluated from lateral spine images and scored using a semi-quantitative method (AAC24, range 0-24). The presence of any AAC was characterized by AAC24 ≥1. It was shown that the presence of AAC is correlated with long-term fall-related hospitalizations risk, independent of muscle function. It has been considered that concurrent evaluation of AAC may be a simple and cost-effective way to distinguish older women at higher risk of falling as part of routine osteoporosis screening.