TABLE 4.
Incidence rates (IRs) per 1000 person-months and incidence rate ratios (IRRs) of injuries by injury subtypes in patients with cirrhosis
| Prediagnostic period | Diagnostic period | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. injuries | IR | No. injuries | IR | IRR | p | |
| Falls | 568 | 4.0 | 2459 | 7.9 | 9.9 (9.1–11.0) | <0.001 |
| Fractures | 511 | 3.6 | 1776 | 5.7 | 7.4 (6.7–8.3) | <0.001 |
| By location | ||||||
| Skull/vertebrae/ribs/sternum | 110 | 0.8 | 485 | 1.6 | 9.7 (7.6–12.0) | <0.001 |
| Hip/pelvis | 133 | 0.9 | 692 | 2.2 | 12.9 (10.5–15.8) | <0.001 |
| Extremities | 273 | 1.9 | 631 | 2.0 | 4.2 (3.6–4.9) | <0.001 |
| By mechanism | ||||||
| Osteoporotic fractures | 283 | 2.0 | 1079 | 3.5 | 8.6 (7.4–9.9) | <0.001 |
| High-energy fractures | 66 | 0.5 | 157 | 0.5 | 4.2 (3.1–5.8) | <0.001 |
| Others | 181 | 1.3 | 613 | 1.9 | 7.2 (5.9–8.5) | <0.001 |
| Self-harm | 27 | 0.1 | 35 | 0.1 | 1.5 (0.8–2.6) | 0.130 |