Increased risk of hip fractures in patients with dementia: a nationwide population-based study

BMC Neurology

Table 1 Comparison of demographic characteristics and comorbidities between patients with and without dementia

	Patients with dementia		Comparison patients
	(N=1408)		(N=7040)
Characteristic	N	%	N	%	P
Sex					1.000
Male	671	47.66	3355	47.66
Female	737	52.34	3685	52.34
Age, mean ± SD	76.38 ± 7.45		76.38 ± 7.45		1.000
Age					1.000
60-74	270	19.18	1350	19.18
≥ 75	1138	80.82	5690	80.82
Geographic region					0.4799
Northern	600	42.61	3017	42.86
Central	348	24.72	1795	25.50
Southern	398	28.27	1859	26.41
Eastern	39	2.77	238	3.38
Missing	23	1.63	131	1.86
Comorbidities
Diabetes	263	18.68	119	1.69	<.0001
Dyslipidemia	193	13.71	94	1.34	<.0001
Hypertension	718	50.99	447	6.35	<.0001
Coronary heart disease	305	21.66	198	2.81	<.0001
Heart failure	65	4.62	52	0.74	<.0001
Atrial fibrillation	19	1.35	17	0.24	<.0001
Peripheral vascular disease	57	4.05	35	0.50	<.0001
Cerebrovascular disease	269	19.11	104	1.48	<.0001
Respiratory disease	238	16.90	148	2.10	<.0001
Peptic ulcer disease	252	17.90	162	2.30	<.0001
Chronic liver disease	141	10.01	66	0.94	<.0001
Chronic kidney disease	95	6.75	42	0.60	<.0001
Rheumatologic disease	43	3.05	20	0.28	<.0001
Cancer	46	3.27	43	0.61	<.0001

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