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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Osteoporos Int. 2011 Sep 9;23(3):821–828. doi: 10.1007/s00198-011-1757-0

Table 2.

Number and the percent of women with future fracture by site, rib fracture history, and age group

Future fracture site Age group (years)
50–59 (N=59,227)
60–69 (N=54,175)
70–79 (N=34,585)
80+ (N=7,044)
Rib fracture Hx No fracture Hx Rib fracture Hx No fracture Hx Rib fracture Hx No fracture Hx Rib fracture Hx No fracture Hx
N (%) 1,092 (1.8) 58,135 (98.2) 1,588 (2.9) 52,587 (97.1) 1,589 (4.6) 32,996 (95.4) 489 (6.9) 6,555 (93.1)
Rib 95 (8.7) 555 (1.0) 91 (5.7) 483 (0.9) 97 (6.1) 428 (1.3) 36 (7.4) 106 (1.6)
Hip 5 (0.5) 117 (0.2) 10 (0.6) 260 (0.5) 29 (1.8) 373 (1.1) 11 (2.3) 136 (2.1)
Spine 16 (1.5) 270 (0.5) 30 (1.9) 327 (0.6) 34 (2.1) 365 (1.1) 14 (2.9) 80 (1.2)
Wrist 27 (2.5) 681 (1.2) 38 (2.4) 766 (1.5) 39 (2.5) 572 (1.7) 14 (2.9) 134 (2.0)
Forearm 4 (0.4) 202 (0.4) 9 (0.6) 183 (0.4) 6 (0.4) 148 (0.5) 4 (0.8) 35 (0.5)
Any fracturea 132 (12.1) 1,714 (3.0) 154(9.7) 1,863 (3.5) 184 (11.6) 1,731 (5.3) 69 (14.1) 453 (6.9)
a

Any fracture patients with at least one or more osteoporotic fractures (rib, hip, spine, wrist, or forearm)