Cardiovascular Risk Factor Analysis in Patients with a Recent Clinical Fracture at the Fracture Liaison Service
Table 4
Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and diabetes mellitus type 2 according to age per decade and sex in patients with a recent fracture after age 50.
50–59 y.
60–69 y.
70–79 y.
80–89 y.
Women () (%)
Men () (%)
value
Women () (%)
Men () (%)
value
Women () (%)
Men () (%)
value
Women () (%)
Men () (%)
value
Cardiovascular disease (CVD)a
12 (4.0)
22 (15.2)
<0.001
22 (4.0)
25 (19.1)
0.004
38 (16.0)
26 (32.1)
0.002
20 (21.7)
11 (39.3)
NS
Venous thromboembolic events (VTE)b
3 (1.0)
1 (0.7)
NSc
6 (1.7)
1 (0.8)
NSc
4 (1.7)
3 (3.7)
NSc
5 (5.4)
0 (0.0)
NSc
Hypertension (HT)
31 (10.3)
18 (12.4)
NS
49 (14.3)
16 (21.2)
NS
40 (16.9)
20 (24.7)
NS
25 (27.2)
3 (10.7)
NS
Diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2)
11 (3.6)
5 (3.4)
NS
30 (8.7)
12 (9.2)
NS
18 (7.6)
9 (11.1)
NS
9 (9.8)
2 (7.1)
NSc
CVD or VTE
14 (4.6)
23 (15.9)
<0.001
36 (10.5)
26 (19.8)
0.007
39 (16.5)
28 (34.6)
0.001
23 (25.0)
11 (39.3)
NS
CVD or VTE or HT
42 (13.9)
39 (26.9)
0.001
82 (23.9)
38 (29.0)
NS
67 (28.3)
38 (46.9)
0.002
42 (46.7)
12 (42.9)
NS
CVD or VTE or HT or DM2
50 (16.6)
43 (29.7)
0.001
99 (28.9)
43 (32.8)
NS
72 (30.4)
42 (51.9)
0.001
45 (48.9)
13 (46.4)
NS
aCardiovascular disease: having ischaemic heart disease or myocardial infarction or angina pectoris or percutaneous coronary intervention or bypass or cerebrovascular accident or transient ischaemic attack or peripheral artery disease in medical history.
bVenous thromboembolic events: having venous thromboembolism or pulmonary thromboembolism in medical history.
cFisher’s exact test.