Objective To study the correlation between fall-related diseases and hip fracture among the elderly women. Methods A total of 1109 women,who were over 45 years old and had hip fractures,were identified from health insurance claims in Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan. At the same time,a age-matched (within 5-year age groups) control patient was randomly selected for each patient with hip fracture. Diseases such as hip fracture and the fall-related diseases were coded following the International Classification of Diseases,10th Revision (ICD-L0 ). The prevalence of visual impairment,stroke,musculoskeletal diseases,Parkinson’s disease,cognitive impairment,depression,and the number of these risk factors were compared between patients with hip fractures and controls using the Chi-square test. The strength of the association between risk factors and hip fracture was estimated using a conditional Logistic regression model. Results Over 75% women with hip fracture were over 80 years old. Women with hip fracture had a significantly higher prevalence of ocular diseases (14. 25% vs. 8. 66%,P < 0. 001),stroke (14. 07% vs. 9. 92% . P =0. 002) . musculoskeletal diseases (43. 91% vs. 38. 77% . P <0. 001) . Parkinson’s disease (5. 86% vs. 1. 53% . P < 0. 001) . cognitive impairment (11. 45% vs. 4. 33% . P <0.001) . and depression (13. 89% vs. 5. 86% . P <0. 001) than those in controls. The results of conditional Logistic regression showed that ocular diseases (OR = 1. 49 . 95% CI:1. 13,1.98), stroke (OR = 1.29, 95% CI: 0.98, 1.69), musculoskeletal diseases (OR = 1.29, 95% CI: 1.08, 1.54), Parkinson ’ s disease (OR = 3.33, 95% CI: 1.87, 5.92), cognitive impairment (OR = 2.46, 95% CI: 1.72, 3.52), and depression (OR =2.09 , 95% CI: 1. 54, 2. 85) were significantly associated with hip fracture. Women with multiple risk factors were at higher risk of the hip fractures. Conclusion Fall-related diseases play an important role in hip fracture among the middle-aged and elderly women. Positive prevention and treatment of the fall-related diseases may contribute to lower the risks of hip fracture. |