Clinical Risk Factors for Recurrent Fracture after Hip Fracture: A Prospective Study

Abstract

Additional fractures after hip fracture are common, but little is known about the risk factors associated with these events. We determined the clinical risk factors associated with fracture following a low-trauma hip fracture and whether clinical risk factors for subsequent fracture were modified by zoledronic acid (ZOL). In this post hoc analysis of the HORIZON Recurrent Fracture trial, 2,127 men and women were randomized within 90 days of …

Authors

Colón-Emeric CS; Lyles KW; Su G; Pieper CF; Magaziner JS; Adachi JD; Bucci-Rechtweg CM; Haentjens P; Boonen S; for the HORIZON Recurrent Fracture Trial