9 12.6 21.4 16.4 23.9 20.9 2.1 <0.001 Previous vertebral fracture 6.8 9.6 6.0 5.8 9.3 7.0 1.7 <0.001 Family history of hip fracture 15.4 7.3 8.9 18.6 26.9 15.6 3.7 <0.001 Immobility 3.0 0.7 0.4 0.9 10.7 2.9 26.8 <0.001 Low body
weight (<60 kg) 19.0 17.0 13.1 13.8 8.6 14.4 2.2 <0.001 Use of corticosteroids 0.7 7.4 0.2 1.6 5.0 2.2 37.0 <0.001 Fall risk (%) Fall in preceding 12 months 20.5 21.8 3.7 14.4 No datac 14.1 5.9 <0.001 Fracture due to fall from standing height 80.6 91.1 81.5 81.3 51.0 77.2 1.8 <0.001 Prevalence aetiology of the fracture (%) Accident at home 28.2 58.4 31.5 34.9 42.8 34.7 2.1 <0.001 Accident at work 1.6 0.2 1.4 2.0 2.6 1.7 10.0 0.021 Fall accident 80.6 91.1 81.5 81.3 51.0 77.2 5.9 <0.001 Traffic accident 11.0 23.3 ARN-509 chemical structure 14.4 26.9 7.7 16.0 3.5 <0.001 Sport accident 4.0 3.0 5.7 7.1 4.5 5.1 2.4 <0.001 Aetiology unknown 4.7 8.0 3.8 2.1 1.6 3.6 5.0 <0.001 Aetiology other 6.8 0.5 17.5 6.6 2.8 7.9 35.0 <0.001 aRR is calculated as a ratio between the highest en the lowest prevalence of CRFs, fall risk and prevalence of aetiology of the fracture b P value is calculated by using chi-square, Student’s t test and ANOVA and refers to a comparison between the five FLSs cOne FLS inquired into fall risk assessment with a different question Patient characteristics Of the 7,199 patients, 76.7% were women. Mean age was 66.7 years (SD, 10.0).The number of patients
included varied between 15 CRT0066101 research buy and 47/month/centre. The fracture nurse spends between 16 and 24 h/week at the FLS and therefore the time per patient varied between 0.9 and 1.7 h per patient. Data on fracture locations were only available for patients seen at the FLS. No records were available on patients who did not consult the FLS. The majority of examined patients sustained a distal radius/ulna fracture (n = 1,828, 26.1%).
Hip and tibia/fibula fractures occurred in 397 (5.7%) and 900 (12.9%) patients, respectively and humerus fractures in 854 (12.2%). Most frequent fractures in women were radius/ulna fractures (n = 1,582; 29.5%), humerus fractures (n = 702; 13.1%) and fractures of the foot (n = 634; 11.8%) (Table 3). Men sustained selleck inhibitor primarily hand fractures (n = 264; 16.1%), radius/ulna fractures (n = 246; 15.0%) and Succinyl-CoA foot fractures (n = 186; 11.3%) (Table 3). Table 3 Frequencies of fracture according to gender Women Men All P value Fracture sites (%) <0.001 • Major 15.6 15.6 15.6 • Minor 71.6 65.1 70.1 • Hip 5.3 7.0 5.7 • Fingers/Toes 7.6 12.3 8.7 <0.001 • Hip 5.3 7.0 5.7 • Humerus 13.1 9.3 12.2 • Distal radius/ulna 29.5 15.0 26.1 • Tibia/fibula 12.2 15.1 12.9 • Other 40.0 53.6 43.2 Significant differences between FLSs were found for major fractures (13.4–18.1%), minor fractures (65.5–78.5%), hip fractures (1.0–7.6%) and fractures of fingers or toes (0.9–12.6%) (p < 0.001 between FLSs) (Table 2).