Diminishing returns of fall reduction for hip fracture prevention in older age
Authors' conclusion
As falls become more common with age, their predictive value for future hip fractures in women significantly decreases.
Study context
- Population
- Women aged ≥ 50 years from 40 cohorts with fall history in the past year and prospective information on hip fracture and death
- Participants
- 606,715 women40 cohorts
- Comparison
- Fall history in the past year vs no fall history, by age stratum
- Outcome
- PAR (%) of hip fractures in the female population due to fall history-mediated risk increase, by age
Methodological detailspopulation-attributable risk analysis, age-stratified
- Population-attributable risk analysis
- Age-stratified
Pooled result
As reported in the abstract
PAR of hip fracture due to falls, by age
Population-attributable risk (PAR), women 50-54 years
23.9%
PAR, women 90-94 years
3.9%
Further pooled results
Proportion of fallers, by age
- Age 50-54 years
- 24.6%
- Age 90-94 years
- 45.5%
- Increased progressively with age
Attributable risk (AR) of hip fracture due to falls, by age
- Age 50-54 years
- 54.8%
- Age 90-94 years
- 8.3%
- Decreased with age
Original publication
Diminishing returns of fall reduction for hip fracture prevention in older age. Osteoporos Int. Published 6 August 2025. doi:10.
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