Increased risk of hip fracture in diabetic elderly

ABSTRACT

To investigate the relationship between diabetes mellitus [DM] and risk of hip fracture in older people in Taiwan Retrospective cohort study using the database for the period 1998 - 2010 from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Program Taiwan National Health Insurance program There were 16,249 individuals aged 65 years or older with newly diagnosed DM as the diabetes group and 64,996 individuals without DM as the none-diabetes group. The risk of hip fracture in both groups incidence of hip fracture than the non-diabetes group [1080 Vs 859.6 per 100,000 person-years, incidence rate ratio 1.26, 95% CI 1.20, 1.31]. DM is associated with 1.26-fold increased risk of hip fracture in older people in Taiwan. Older people with DM should be closely followed to reduce the risk of hip fracture