PSYCHOTROPICS, THIAZIDE DIURETICS AND HIP-FRACTURES IN THE ELDERLY
PSYCHOTROPICS, THIAZIDE DIURETICS AND HIP-FRACTURES IN THE ELDERLY
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DOI:
10.5694/j.1326-5377.1993.tb121839.x
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发表时间:
1993-03-15
影响因子:
11.4
通讯作者:
KLINEBERG, RJ
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作者:
CUMMING, RG;KLINEBERG, RJ
Objective: To determine whether psychotropic medications increase, and thiazide diuretics decrease, the risk of hip fractures in elderly Australians.Design: Population-based case-control study.Subjects and Setting: The population aged 65 years and over living in a defined area in western Sydney, Australia, during 1990-1991. Cases (n=209) were recruited from hospitals and controls (n=207) were selected by an area probability sampling method, with additional sampling from nursing homes. Response rates were 96% for cases and 84% for controls.Measures: Data were collected directly from subjects by questionnaire; a proxy respondent was required for 27% of subjects. In addition to medication use, information was also collected on potential confounders: alcohol consumption, body mass index, cognitive status, dairy product consumption, health status, physical activity, smoking history and type of residence.Results: The use of temazepam, a short-acting benzodiazepine, was associated with an increase in the risk of hip fracture - odds ratio, adjusted for age, gender and residence is 3.78; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.60-8.92. After adjusting for multiple potential confounders by logistic regression, the odds ratio for temazepam use was 3.52. There was a non-significant (P>0.05) increase in hip fracture risk associated with the use of antidepressants and antipsychotics. Thiazide diuretics were not associated with a risk of hip fracture - the multivariate-adjusted odds ratio was 0.98 (95% CI, 0.49-1.99).Conclusions: Temazepam may increase the risk of hip fracture in elderly people. The effect of thiazide diuretics on fracture risk should be assessed in a large randomised trial.