DIFFERENCES IN BODY-COMPOSITION BETWEEN FEMALE GERIATRIC HIP FRACTUREPATIENTS AND HEALTHY CONTROLS - BODY-FAT IS MORE IMPORTANT AS EXPLANATORY FACTOR FOR THE FRACTURE THAN BODY-WEIGHT AND LEAN BODY-MASS
H. Galvard et al., DIFFERENCES IN BODY-COMPOSITION BETWEEN FEMALE GERIATRIC HIP FRACTUREPATIENTS AND HEALTHY CONTROLS - BODY-FAT IS MORE IMPORTANT AS EXPLANATORY FACTOR FOR THE FRACTURE THAN BODY-WEIGHT AND LEAN BODY-MASS, Aging, 8(4), 1996, pp. 282-286
Body weight and body composition change with advancing age. In elderly
women, the loss of body weight is partially due to loss of body fat.
We compared the body composition of 71 healthy female hip fracture pat
ients and 51 controls. Body composition was estimated with an electric
al impedance technique. The fracture patients had lower body weight, l
ean body mass, body fat, body fat percentage, body mass index and age
than the control group. No significant differences were found between
the different fracture groups, except for a higher mean age in patient
s with subtrochanteric fractures. Multivariate logistic regression ana
lysis of body composition, body mass index, and age showed that the am
ount of body fat, when adjusted for age, had greater explanatory value
for fracture, than body weight, lean body mass, and body mass index.
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