Site-Specific Volumetric Skeletal Changes in Women with a Distal Forearm Fracture

Table 2

Descriptive statistics of women with a distal forearm fracture and age-matched controls, based on self-reported questionnaire.

	Control	Fracture	Significance
	n = 99	n = 104
	Number (%)	Number (%)	value
Completed questionnaire	97 (98)	99 (95)	0.28
Smoking	8 (8)	11 (11)	0.50
Alcohol use (units/day)	0.54 (0.75)	0.51 (0.71)	0.76
Walking one hour or more/day	29 (31)	46 (48)	0.019
History of a fall^a	31 (32)	69 (70)	<0.001
History of multiple falls^b	15 (15)	34 (34)	0.002
History of osteoporosis-related fracture	0	11 (6)	0.001
Disease
Kidney disease	0	2 (2)	0.50
Rheumatic disease	5 (5)	8 (8)	0.41
Diabetes mellitus	6 (6)	4 (4)	0.54
Cancer	11 (11)	10 (10)	0.78
Medication
Estrogen use	0	3 (3)	0.25
Cortisone use	0	2 (2)	0.50
Vitamin D supplementation	1 (1)	7 (7)	0.06
Bisphosphonate use	0	2 (2)	0.50

Dichotomous variables are described as frequencies and percentages of those with completed questionnaires. Alcohol use is described as a continuous variable with mean and standard deviation (SD).Pearson’s chi-squared test or Fischer’s exact test. Alcohol use: T-test. Mean (SD). ^aReported at least one fall within 1 year prior to investigation point. ^bReported two or more falls within 1 year prior to investigation point.