Dotevall A, et al. - In 1997, a random population sample of 63–82-year-old women (n = 552), underwent a physical examination, audiometry and blood sampling for analyses of serum albumin-adjusted calcium (S-Ca), parathyroid hormone, 25(OH) vitamin D and insulin-like growth factor-1 and they were analyzed in order to examine whether hearing loss was of greater significance compared with bone-regulating hormones for the risk of fracture in old women. During 17 years of follow-up in women up to 97 years of age, Incident fractures was prognosticated by hearing loss and higher S-Ca, yet not bone-regulating hormones, medication or lifestyle factors essentially resulted due to falling.