Physical Functioning Among Women Aged 80 Years and Older With Previous Fracture.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The oldest old are the fastest growing segment of the elderly population. Little is known regarding the associations of fracture history with physical functioning assessed after age 80.

Methods

Among 33,386 women surviving to age 80 years (mean ± SD years 84.6 ± 3.4), we examined the relationship between history of incident fracture after entry into the Women's Health Initiative (follow-up 15.2 ± 1.3 years) and their physical functioning assessed using the RAND-36 instrument most proximal to 2012 end of follow-up.

Results

Baseline mean (±SD) physical function score was 82 (± 18). After adjustment for demographic and medical characteristics, fracture at each site, including hip, upper limb, lower limb, and central body, was associated with significantly lowe

SUBMITTER: Crandall CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4861138 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature