Patient-specific factors affecting survival following hip fractures-a 14-year follow-up study in Finland.

ABSTRACT: The mortality of elderly hip fracture patients is high. Eighty-five percent of all patients were followed until death. The three most protective factors for 1-year survival were ASA class; BMI; and age, and the four most protective factors for 14-year survival were age; BMI; ASA class; and subtrochanteric fracture type.

Objective

Hip fractures are associated with increased mortality. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the protective preoperative factors regarding the survival of short-term (1 year) and long-term (14 years) follow-up in a hip fracture cohort in Finland.

Methods

A total of 486 patients, operated on in 2005 and 2006, were retrospectively evaluated. Survival was analyzed using Bayesian multivariate analysis and relative survival with the life table method.

SUBMITTER: Tiihonen R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9342944 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature