Table 3.
The distribution of different types of incident fracture according to MTHFR C677T genotypic classes
| Type of bone fracture | Bone fracture ever occurring a |
Bone fracture occurring after menopause
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCb | CT | TT | Total | CC | CT | TT | Total | |
| Hip | 0 | 6 (9.7) | 2 (10.0) | 8 (7.3) | 0 | 5 (15.1) | 1 (11.1) | 6 (11.5) |
| Wrist | 10 (37.0) | 33 (53.2) | 6 (30.0) | 49 (45.0) | 3 (30.0) | 18 (54.6) | 2 (22.2) | 23 (44.2) |
| Vertebrae | 4 (14.8) | 6 (9.7) | 3 (15.0) | 13 (11.9) | 3 (30.0) | 4 (12.1) | 1 (11.1) | 8 (15.4) |
| Extremitiesc | 12 (44.5) | 16 (25.8) | 7 (35.0) | 35 (32.1) | 4 (40.0) | 6 (18.2) | 3 (33.3) | 13 (25.0) |
| Pelvis | 1 (3.7) | 1 (1.6) | 2 (10.0) | 4 (3.7) | 0 | 0 | 2 (22.2) | 2 (3.9) |
a
Included fractures occurring before or after menopause
b
Expressed as: Number (%)
c
Extremities include the arm, leg and ankle