Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population according to hip fracture in men and women (n=9.616). A NOREPOS study.
Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
With hip fracture | Without hip fracture | With hip fracture | Without hip fracture | |
Participants, number (%) | 287 (4.0 %) | 6.867 (96.0 %) | 237 (9.6 %) | 2225 (90.4 %) |
Age, years, mean (±SD) | 73.7** (±2.9) | 72.5 (±3.1) | 76.0 (±0.6) | 75.9 (±0.5) |
BMI, mean (±SD) | 25.3** (±3.5) | 26.4 (±3.3) | 25.2** (±4.0) | 26.5 (±4.3) |
Education level, years, mean (±SD) | 11.8 (±3.8) | 11.9 (±3.9) | 10.1 (±3.0) | 10.2 (±3.2) |
Self‐perceived health (poor--not very good) (% yes) | 39.4** | 28.0 | 51.7* | 43.6 |
Smoke daily (% yes) | 27.6** | 18.5 | 19.0 | 14.8 |
No/little physical activity (% yes) | 9.7* | 6.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 |
Alcohol consumption Several times per week (%) | 30.6 | 32.9 | 14.7 | 14.6 |
Medication intake (% answering yes) | ||||
Blood pressure medication, daily | 35.4 | 34.0 | 33.2 | 37.3 |
Lipid lowering drugs, daily | 19.7 | 19.4 | 22.0 | 19.1 |
Sleeping pills, daily/every week | 14.9** | 8.1 | 32.1** | 21.9 |
Anxiolytics daily/every week | 9.2** | 4.4 | 17.7** | 11.6 |
Antidepressants daily/every week | 4.9* | 2.8 | 14.6** | 7.6 |
Chronic conditions (% answering yes) | ||||
Stroke, (%) | 13.6** | 7.6 | 8.1 | 7.6 |
Myocardial Infarction (%) | 13.6 | 12.9 | 9.2* | 6.1 |
Diabetes (%) | 9.8 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 6.4 |
Questions related to memory (% answering yes) | ||||
Do you forget things you have just heard or read? (Q1) | 36.3** | 24.6 | 41.7** | 28.6 |
Do you forget where you have put things? (Q2) | 48.2 | 43.6 | 66.1** | 52.5 |
Is it more difficult to remember things now compared with before? (Q3) | 80.6 | 75.8 | 83.1 | 80.0 |
Do you more often write a memo now than before? (Q4) | 37.3 | 33.1 | 46.2 | 46.7 |