TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Cervical and trochanteric hip fractures: bone mass and other parameters
JO  - Clinical rheumatology
A1  - Stewart, Audrey
A1  - Porter, R. W.
A1  - Primrose, W. R.
A1  - Walker, L. G.
A1  - Reid, D. M.
SP  - 201
EP  - 206
VL  - 18
IS  - 3
N2  - We examined 310 hip fracture patients (55 men, 255 women) to identify differences in those patients who had suffered a cervical fracture compared with those with a trochanteric fracture of the hip. Patients underwent a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan of their hip and total body and quantitative ultrasound (QUS) scans of their heel. Other measurements included medical/drug history. Significant differences were found for broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA) and DXA total-body measurements, with those with a cervical fracture having a higher bone mass. Those with a trochanteric fracture showed a significantly higher incidence of stroke (12.8% vs. 6.3%, p = 0.05), while high blood pressure/antihypertensive therapy was significantly more common in the cervical fracture group (11.6% vs. 4.3%, p < 0.03). Therefore, it is not only bone parameters that differ in these patients. In the presence of certain medical conditions, preventative therapy may be directed to managing co-existing conditions as well as improving bone density.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0770-3198
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -