Table 4.
CLINICAL RISKS OF FRACTURE | Total | Women | Men | Fragility fracture | High trauma | Contributors | No contributors |
Numbers of patients | 100 | 73 | 27 | 80 | 20 | 57 | 43 |
BONE RELATED RISK FACTORS | 54 | 42 | 12 | 44 | 10 | 33 | 21 |
History of clinical fracture after 50 years | 31 | 23 | 8 | 25 | 6 | 19 | 12 |
History of clinical vertebral fracture | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Mother with fracture | 12 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
Low body weight (<60 kg) | 23 | 20 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 8 |
Severe immobility | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Glucocorticosteroids user | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FALL RELATED RISK FACTORS | 79 | 57 | 22 | 65 | 14 | 46 | 33 |
Mobility: Time Get up and Go test | 24 | 21 | 3 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 12 |
Previous falls: 2 or more falls in the previous year | 27 | 22 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 15 | 12 |
Medication use (benzodiazepines, antiepileptics) | 16 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 3 |
Low activities of daily living | 49 | 38 | 11 | 43 | 16* | 34** | 15 |
Osteoarthritis | 48 | 40 | 8 | 44 | 4* | 25 | 23 |
Snellen score-visual acuity less than 0.4 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 3 |
Urinary incontinence | 19 | 17 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 13 | 6 |
*p < 0.05 between fragility fracture and high-energy traum fracture, **p < 0.05 between groups with and without contributors