Table 1 Comparison of characteristics of patients with and without a subsequent fracture
Total (n=834) | Subsequent fracture (n=57; 6.8%) | No subsequent fracture (n=777; 93.2%) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (SD) | 67.3 (10.4) | 70.3 (11.1) | 67.1 (10.3) | 0.023 | |
Sex n (%) | 0.022 | ||||
Women | 608 (72.9) | 49 (86.0) | 559 (71.9) | ||
Men | 226 (27.1) | 8 (14.0) | 218 (28.1) | ||
Fracture location n (%) | 0.874 | ||||
Major | 286 (34.3) | 19 (33.3) | 267 (32.0) | ||
Minor | 548 (65.7) | 38 (67.7) | 510 (68.0) | ||
Bone RFs (%) | |||||
Fracture 50+ yrs | 218 (26.1) | 22 (38.6) | 196 (25.2) | 0.027 | |
<60 kg | 149 (17.9) | 11 (19.3) | 138 (17.8) | 0.770 | |
Positive family history | 144 (17.3) | 12 (21.1) | 132 (17.0) | 0.433 | |
Immobility | 36 (4.3) | 6 (10.5) | 30 (3.9) | 0.017 | |
On glucocorticoids | 7 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 7 (0.9) | 1.000 | |
At least 1 bone RF | 427 (51.2) | 36 (63.2) | 391 (50.3) | 0.061 | |
Fall RFs (%) | |||||
>1 fall last year | 217 (26.0) | 21 (36.8) | 196 (25.2) | 0.054 | |
On psychopharmaca | 185 (22.2) | 18 (31.6) | 167 (21.5) | 0.077 | |
Low ADL (before fracture) | 61 (7.3) | 8 (14.0) | 53 (6.8) | 0.043 | |
Articular complaints | 261 (31.3) | 17 (29.8) | 244 (31.4) | 0.804 | |
Urinary incontinence | 120 (14.4) | 14 (24.6) | 106 (13.6) | 0.023 | |
Parkinson’s disease | 5 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 5 (0.6) | 1.000 | |
At least 1 of the fall RF | 504 (60.4) | 39 (68.4) | 465 (59.8) | 0.201 |