Characteristics of patients who were hospitalized for a proximal humerus fracture or a distal forearm fracture and had no prevalent osteoporosis treatment, by treatment group (N = 445).

<p>Data are means ± SD or number of patients (% of total)</p><p>¹ The <i>ALD</i> status identifies patients with a major chronic disease coded according to the International Classification of Disease, 10th version classification system (ICD-10), as declared by their general practitioner and approved by a physician employed by the National Healthcare Insurance</p><p>² The <i>CMU</i> status identifies patients with low income</p><p>³ Long term corticotherapy defined as at least six reimbursements for oral or injectable corticosteroids in the year preceding the fracture</p><p>* p<0.001 with χ² test.</p><p>Characteristics of patients who were hospitalized for a proximal humerus fracture or a distal forearm fracture and had no prevalent osteoporosis treatment, by treatment group (N = 445).</p

Description of initiated osteoporosis treatments (N = 173).

<p>^<b>1</b> ± vitamin D and/or calcium.</p><p>Description of initiated osteoporosis treatments (N = 173).</p

Flowchart of the study.

<p>Flowchart of the study.</p