Background. The incidence of osteoporotic fractures increases by 1-3% per year of age. Nine to twelve percent of patients that have suffered a primary hip fracture will have a fracture of the contralateral hip within 5 years. Our objective is to identify predictive factors of contralateral hip fractures among men and women over 55 years of age. / Methods. A case control study with matched pairs was conducted, through a retrospective chart review of patients admitted for hip fractures at the Jewish General Hospital (JGH) and the Montreal General Hospital (MGH) between 1992 and 2004. / Results. Contralateral hip fractures were most strongly associated with the use of mobility aid (OR= 5.69, CI 95% (3.20-10.14)). No other risk factors could be identified as predictors, probably due to missing data. / Conclusion. This study confirms the use of mobility aid as a predictor of contralateral hip fractures. Future prospective risk studies may further optimize the diagnostic accuracy for predicting contralateral hip fractures.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.101112 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Delisle, Josée. |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Orthopaedic Research Laboratory.) |
| Rights | © Josée Delisle, 2006 |
| Relation | alephsysno: 002586681, proquestno: AAIMR32691, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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