Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of 181 women with a recent fracture who did or did not sustain a fall during the two-year follow-up period
| Variable | Did not fall (n = 102) |
Fell (n = 79) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic characteristics | |||
| Age (mean, SD)* | 67.98 (5.73) | 70.05 (6.70) | |
| Marital status | Married/living together | 70 (69%) | 48 (61%) |
| Single/divorced/widowed | 32 (31%) | 31 (39%) | |
| Education | Elementary school | 59 (58%) | 40 (51%) |
| Middle school/high school | 37 (36%) | 33 (42%) | |
| College/University | 6 (6%) | 6 (8%) | |
| BMD measurements | |||
| BMD femoral neck (mean, SD) | 0.68 (0.11) | 0.66 (0.11) | |
| BMD lumbar spine (mean, SD) | 0.87 (0.15) | 0.84 (0.23) | |
| WHO classification | Osteoporosis | 48 (47%) | 42 (53%) |
| Osteopenia | 32 (31%) | 26 (33%) | |
| Normal BMD | 22 (22%) | 11 (14%) | |
| Type of fracture according to Center [22] | Hip | 11 (11%) | 8 (10%) |
| Major | 24 (24%) | 15 (19%) | |
| Minor | 55 (54%) | 43 (54%) | |
| Fingers/toes | 12 (12%) | 13 (16%) |
* p < .05