Table 1.
Number of fractures, overall and corticosteroid-related, per 10 000 males or females during a course of steroid treatment.
| Females | Males | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medium dose (n = 10 000) | High dose (n = 10 000) | Medium dose (n = 10 000) | High dose (n = 10 000) | |||||
| Number of cases overall | Steroid-related cases | Number of cases overall | Steroid-related cases | Number of cases overall | Steroid-related cases | Number of cases overall | Steroid-related cases | |
| Non-vertebral | 186.8 | 49.1 | 254.2 | 99.7 | 87.2 | 22.9 | 131.3 | 51.5 |
| Hip | 40.9 | 17.7 | 56.5 | 31.6 | 13.3 | 5.8 | 17.9 | 10.0 |
| Vertebral | 31.5 | 19.3 | 56.8 | 45.8 | 16.0 | 9.8 | 34.6 | 27.9 |