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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-11-13
pubmed:abstractText
The authors examined the effects of cognitive function, as assessed by the Mini-Mental State Examination, and drug use on the incidence of hip fracture in a community-based Swedish population of 1,608 subjects who were aged > or = 75 years on October 1, 1987, and who had not had a hip fracture. During the 7,123.8 person-year follow-up, 134 first hip fractures were identified. The Cox proportional hazards model was used to estimate the relative risk of developing hip fracture, taking into account several potential confounders. Compared with those without cognitive impairment, subjects with mild impairment (Mini-Mental State Examination scores 18-23) had a relative risk of 2.04 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.29-3.24), and subjects with moderate-severe impairment (Mini-Mental State Examination score < 18) had a relative risk of 2.09 (95% CI 1.17-3.72). Subjects using opioid analgesics (97% took propoxyphene) had a relative risk of 2.01 (95% CI 1.19-3.40). Taking potassium supplements (99% took potassium chloride) was related to a reduced risk of hip fracture (relative risk = 0.55, 95% CI 0.31-0.98), while diuretics did not have an independent impact. In summary, the results show that cognitive impairment and use of propoxyphene are associated with increased risk of hip fracture. The observed protection of potassium chloride merits further attention. The limitation of the study was that the assessment of drug use was made only at baseline.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0002-9262
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
148
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
887-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9801019-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9801019-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:9801019-Analgesics, Opioid, pubmed-meshheading:9801019-Benzothiadiazines, pubmed-meshheading:9801019-Cognition, pubmed-meshheading:9801019-Cognition Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:9801019-Community Health Planning, pubmed-meshheading:9801019-Dextropropoxyphene, pubmed-meshheading:9801019-Diuretics, pubmed-meshheading:9801019-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9801019-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9801019-Hip Fractures, pubmed-meshheading:9801019-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9801019-Incidence, pubmed-meshheading:9801019-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9801019-Potassium Chloride, pubmed-meshheading:9801019-Proportional Hazards Models, pubmed-meshheading:9801019-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9801019-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9801019-Sodium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:9801019-Substance-Related Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:9801019-Sweden
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Cognitive impairment, drug use, and the risk of hip fracture in persons over 75 years old: a community-based prospective study.
pubmed:affiliation
Stockholm Gerontology Research Center and Department of Geriatric Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't