Research Article

The Incidence and Risk Factors of Hip Fracture after Liver Transplantation (LT): A Nationwide Population-Based Study

Table 1

Demographic profiles for the control and recipient cohorts.

VariableControl cohortRecipient cohort value
N = 22010N = 2201

Age (year)51.6 ± 9.851.7 ± 9.70.9371
Sex>0.99
 Female5620 (25.5%)562 (25.5%)
 Male16390 (74.5%)1639 (74.5%)
Comorbidities
 CAD3189 (14.5%)292 (13.3%)0.1192
 DM2508 (11.4%)546 (24.8%)<0.0001
 Epilepsy197 (0.9%)29 (1.3%)0.0494
 Hypertension6613 (30.0%)721 (32.8%)0.0083
 Osteoporosis1107 (5.0%)140 (6.4%)0.0071
 Stroke543 (2.5%)70 (3.2%)0.0422
 ESRD103 (0.5%)28 (1.3%)<0.0001
 HBV infection990 (4.5%)1477 (67.1%)<0.0001
 HCV infection350 (1.6%)630 (28.6%)<0.0001
 Steroid11858 (53.9%)2061 (93.6)

CAD: coronary artery disease; DM: diabetes mellitus; ESRD: end-stage renal disease; HBV: hepatitis B virus; HCV: hepatitis C virus infection.