Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Fracture | Rheumatoid arthritis | Osteoarthritis | |
| Number of patients | 22 | 22 | 34 |
| Age range (median; years) | 55–64 (58) | 28–72 (62) | 69–78 (72) |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 8 | 12 | 14 |
| Female | 14 | 10 | 20 |
| Location | |||
| Hip | 22 | 8 | 25 |
| Knee | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| Wrist | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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