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Table 3 Subsequent Fracture in the Teriparatide and Control Groups during the 12-month Follow-up

From: Effects of teriparatide on cementless bipolar hemiarthroplasty in patients with osteoporotic femoral neck fractures

Parameters

Group A

Group B

p value

N = 52

N = 40

Subsequent fracture

 Vertebral fracture

4 (7.7 %)

2 (5.0 %)

0.470

 Hip fracture

1 (1.9 %)

1 (2.5 %)

0.683

 Wrist fracture

2 (3.8 %)

2 (5.0 %)

0.587

 Overall subsequent fractures

7 (13.5 %)

5 (12.5 %)

0.574

  1. Group A: patients without supplementary pharmacologic treatment
  2. Group B: patients treated with teriparatide
  3. The values are given as the n (%)
  4. p-values for between-group comparisons were determined by the chi-squared test and Fisher’s exact test
  5. *Statistically significant (p < 0.05)