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Risk factors and quality of life for the occurrence of hip fracture in postmenopausal women.
Biomedical Journal 2018 June
BACKGROUND: To identify the risk factors and changes of quality of life in the first occurrence of hip fracture in Taiwanese postmenopausal women.
METHODS: In this case-control study, we enrolled 100 postmenopausal women with accidental first-incident hip fracture and 100 women without hip fracture. The control group was matched to the study group according to age. Evaluation consisted of a questionnaire, an interview to both assess quality of life via a 36-item Short Form Health Survey and document risk factors, a physical examination to record height and body weight, and bone mineral density (BMD) of the hip and spine using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA).
RESULTS: The mean age of the patients was 77.9 years old. Compared with the controls, the patients with first-incident hip fracture had a lower level of education, increased body height, higher parity, no experience of estrogen therapy, prior history of diabetes mellitus and rheumatoid arthritis, walking aid use, less weight-bearing exercise, and steroid use. Total hip BMD was a stronger predictor than BMD at different sites. Quality of life was significantly higher in the control group at the baseline and 4-month follow-up.
CONCLUSIONS: Quality of life was related to the first-incident hip fracture. The increased risk of falls, lower level of education, and total hip BMD are the strongest predictors of first-incident hip fracture in Asian elderly postmenopausal women.
METHODS: In this case-control study, we enrolled 100 postmenopausal women with accidental first-incident hip fracture and 100 women without hip fracture. The control group was matched to the study group according to age. Evaluation consisted of a questionnaire, an interview to both assess quality of life via a 36-item Short Form Health Survey and document risk factors, a physical examination to record height and body weight, and bone mineral density (BMD) of the hip and spine using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA).
RESULTS: The mean age of the patients was 77.9 years old. Compared with the controls, the patients with first-incident hip fracture had a lower level of education, increased body height, higher parity, no experience of estrogen therapy, prior history of diabetes mellitus and rheumatoid arthritis, walking aid use, less weight-bearing exercise, and steroid use. Total hip BMD was a stronger predictor than BMD at different sites. Quality of life was significantly higher in the control group at the baseline and 4-month follow-up.
CONCLUSIONS: Quality of life was related to the first-incident hip fracture. The increased risk of falls, lower level of education, and total hip BMD are the strongest predictors of first-incident hip fracture in Asian elderly postmenopausal women.
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