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)	NS^c	6 (1.7)	1 (0.8)	NS^c	4 (1.7)	3 (3.7)	NS^c	5 (5.4)	0 (0.0)	NS^c
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)	NS^c
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.