Table 1.
Characteristics | Treated (n = 6938) | Untreated (n = 24,027) | Total (n = 30,965) | p Value | |||
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N | % | N | % | N | |||
Sociodemographics | |||||||
Sex | Women | 6097 | 87.9 | 17,508 | 72.9 | 23,605 | 0.000 |
Men | 841 | 12.1 | 6519 | 27.1 | 7360 | ||
Age (years) | 65–74 | 1053 | 15.2 | 3061 | 12.7 | 4114 | 0.000 |
75–84 | 3557 | 51.3 | 10,354 | 43.1 | 13,911 | ||
≥85 | 2328 | 33.6 | 10,612 | 44.2 | 12,940 | ||
Mean (SD) | 81.9 (6.5) | 83.4 (7.0) | 83.1 (6.9) | 0.000 | |||
Use of health services | |||||||
Primary care visits | 0–4 | 2644 | 38.1 | 10,008 | 41.7 | 12,652 | 0.000 |
5–12 | 2912 | 42.0 | 9855 | 41.0 | 12,767 | ||
13 | 1382 | 19.9 | 4164 | 17.3 | 5546 | ||
ER visits | 0–1 | 4408 | 63.5 | 15,413 | 64.2 | 19,821 | 0.348 |
≥2 | 2530 | 36.5 | 8614 | 35.9 | 11,144 | ||
Hospital admission | Yes | 1302 | 18.8 | 5006 | 20.8 | 6308 | 0.000 |
No | 5636 | 81.2 | 19,021 | 79.2 | 24,657 | ||
Polypharmacy | 0–5 | 3289 | 47.4 | 12,782 | 53.2 | 16,071 | 0.000 |
6–12 | 3592 | 51.8 | 11,126 | 46.3 | 14,718 | ||
≥13 | 57 | 0.8 | 119 | 0.5 | 176 | ||
Mean (SD) | 5.88 (4.3) | 4.74 (4.4) | 4.99 (4.4) | 0.000 | |||
Comorbidities | |||||||
Previous fracture | 1734 | 25.0 | 4959 | 20.6 | 6693 | 0.000 | |
Osteoporosis | 1717 | 24.8 | 2424 | 10.1 | 4141 | 0.000 | |
Parkinson’s | 408 | 5.9 | 1523 | 6.3 | 1931 | 0.165 | |
Dementia | 1445 | 20.8 | 6677 | 27.8 | 8122 | 0.000 | |
Diabetes | 2030 | 29.3 | 7710 | 32.1 | 9740 | 0.000 | |
Rheumatoid arthritis | 322 | 4.6 | 642 | 2.7 | 964 | 0.000 | |
Stroke | 687 | 9.9 | 3118 | 13.0 | 3805 | 0.000 | |
Myocardial infarction | 778 | 11.2 | 3209 | 13.4 | 3987 | 0.000 | |
Heart failure | 750 | 10.8 | 3092 | 12.9 | 3842 | 0.000 | |
Depression | 1492 | 21.5 | 4468 | 18.6 | 5960 | 0.000 | |
Cancer | 975 | 14.1 | 3851 | 16.0 | 4826 | 0.000 | |
Malnutrition | 98 | 1.4 | 434 | 1.8 | 532 | 0.026 | |
Medication use | |||||||
Opioid treatment | 2482 | 35.8 | 6021 | 25.0 | 8503 | 0.000 | |
Hypnotic treatment | 1204 | 17.4 | 4233 | 17.6 | 5437 | 0.611 | |
Oral corticoids | 794 | 11.4 | 2261 | 9.4 | 3055 | 0.000 | |
Antipsychotics | 1112 | 16.0 | 4570 | 19.0 | 5682 | 0.000 | |
Anxiolytics | 3409 | 49.1 | 10,503 | 43.7 | 13,912 | 0.000 | |
Antiarrythmics | 325 | 4.7 | 117 | 4.9 | 1495 | 0.526 | |
Antihypertensive treatment | 5255 | 75.7 | 17,612 | 73.3 | 22,867 | 0.000 | |
Diuretic treatment | 2330 | 33.6 | 8201 | 34.1 | 10,531 | 0.395 | |
Osteoporosis treatment | 3805 | 54.8 | 1453 | 6.1 | 5258 | 0.000 |
ER = emergency room.