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Table 1 Demographics of patients receiving hip fracture fixation surgery (n = 126)

From: Therapeutic advantage of teriparatide in very elderly patients with proximal femoral fractures: a functional and BMD analysis

Variables

Forteo

Prolia

Total

p-value

N

68

58

126

 

Age

85.8 ± 9.2

85 ± 9.5

85.5 ± 9.3

0.730

Sex

-

-

-

0.319

Male

14 (2.6%)

6 (1.3%)

20 (15.9%)

 

Female

54 (79.4%)

52 (89.7%)

106 (84.1%)

 

BMI

22.4 ± 4.3

22.2 ± 3.3

22.3 ± 3.8

0.792

FRAX major

26.7 ± 9.9

27.9 ± 11.2

27.3 ± 1.5

0.664

FRAX hip

14.8 ± 7.7

16.0 ± 1.6

15.4 ± 9.1

0.606

VAS(PostOP 3 months)

7.3 ± 0.9

7.2 ± 0.9

7.3 ± 0.9

0.717

Barthel scale (PostOP 3 months)

33.1 ± 9.9

38.8 ± 1.2

35.7 ± 1.3

0.067

BMD Femur (PostOP 3 months)

-3.0 ± 0.6

-3.1 ± 0.9

-3.1 ± 0.7

0.749

BMD L1-4 (PostOP 3 months)

-3.1 ± 0.9

-3.2 ± 1.4

-3.1 ± 1.1

0.747

Previous medication

-

-

-

0.061

None

4(5.9%)

16 (27.6%)

20 (15.9%)

 

Prolia

34 (5.0%)

24 (41.4%)

58 (46.0%)

 

Bisphosphonate

30 (44.1%)

18 (31.0%)

48 (38.1%)

 

Comorbidity

-

-

-

 

 Dyslipidemia

6 (8.8%)

10 (17.2%)

16 (12.7%)

0.453

 HTN (%)

40 (58.8%)

44 (75.9%)

84 (66.7%)

0.153

 DM (%)

6 (8.8%)

16 (27.6%)

22 (17.5%)

0.051

 CKD (%)

10 (14.7%)

8 (13.8%)

18 (14.3%)

1.000

 CAD (%)

10 (14.7%)

4 (6.9%)

14 (11.1%)

0.437

Outcome

-

-

-

 

 New fracture occurrence (%)

2 (2.9%)

6 (10.3%)

8 (6.3%)

0.042*

 Tolerable side effects (%)

6 (8.8%)

3 (5.2%)

9 (7.1%)

0.062

 Fracture healing period (M)

12.4 ± 3.8

18.2 ± 5.1

15.1 ± 4.3

0.023*

  1. Data are presented as n or mean ± standard deviation. *p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant after test.
  2. FRAX Fracture Risk Assessment Tool, VAS visual analogue scale, BMD bone mineral density, DM diabetes mellitus, CKD chronic kidney disease, CAD coronary artery disease. M: months