Research Article
Implementation of a Postfracture Care Program in a Private Hospital in Colombia
Table 2
Patients’ comorbidities and fall risk factors.
| | Type of disease | n = 190 |
| | Cardiovascular or inflammatory disease | | | Hypertension | 104 (54.7) | | Type 2 diabetes | 22 (11.6) | | Rheumatoid arthritis | 7 (3.7) |
| | Medication or substance use | | | Antidepressants | 18 (9.5) | | Alcohol | 2 (1.1) | | Corticosteroids | 6 (3.2) | | Smoking | 10 (5.3) |
| | Others | | | Neurological disordera | 15 (7.9) | | COPD | 21 (11.1) | | Hypothyroidism | 43 (22.6) |
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COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Data are expressed as numbers (percentage). aAlzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, or dementia.
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