Table 2.
Characteristics of 461 fractures, by bone density group.
| BMD T ≤ −2.5 SD |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Osteoporosis (n = 137) | No Osteoporosis (n = 324) | p-value | |
| Fracture characteristics, n (%) | |||
| Intra articular distal radius fracture | 60 (43.8) | 151 (46.6) | 0.75 |
| Extra articular distal radius fracture | 28 (20.4) | 72 (22.2) | |
| Intra articular proximal humerus fracture | 4 (2.9) | 11 (3.4) | |
| Extra articular proximal humerus fracture | 45 (32.8) | 90 (27.8) | |
| High energy trauma, n (%) | 1 (0.7) | 3 (0.9) | 0.83 |
| Open fracture, n (%) | 3 (2.2) | 3 (0.9) | 0.30 |
| One or more additional fractures, n (%) | 14 (10.2) | 21 (6.5) | 0.17 |
| Conservative treatment, n (%) | 128 (93.4) | 301 (92.9) | 0.84 |