Risk factors for osteoporosis are common in young and middle-aged patients with femoral neck fractures regardless of trauma mechanism

Authors

  • Amer N Al-Ani
  • Gustaf Neander
  • Bodil Samuelsson
  • Richard Blomfeldt
  • Wilhelmina Ekström
  • Margareta Hedström

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2013.765639

Abstract

Background and purpose There have been few prospective studies examining young and middle-aged patients with hip fracture. We therefore investigated background data, risk factors, and the trauma mechanism in young and middle-aged patients with femoral neck fracture.Patients and methods 185 patients, 27 young (20–49 years old) and 158 middle-aged (50–69 years old) were prospectively included in a multicenter study lasting 3 years. Background data and risk factors for osteoporosis and fracture were obtained, and the type of injury was classified as low-energy trauma, high-energy trauma, or sports injury.Results In the young age group, the fracture occurred because of low-energy trauma in two-fifths of patients and because of sport injury in two-fifths of patients. The rest occurred because of high-energy trauma. The corresponding proportions for the middle-aged group were four-fifths, one tenth, and one tenth (p Interpretation A minority of patients in each age group had high-energy trauma as the cause of their femoral neck fracture. Lifestyle factors and other non-trauma-related risk factors appear to have been important contributors to the occurrence of femoral neck fracture in both age groups.

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Published

2013-02-01

How to Cite

Al-Ani, A. N., Neander, G., Samuelsson, B., Blomfeldt, R., Ekström, W., & Hedström, M. (2013). Risk factors for osteoporosis are common in young and middle-aged patients with femoral neck fractures regardless of trauma mechanism. Acta Orthopaedica, 84(1), 54–59. https://doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2013.765639