Handgrip strength as a predictor of 1‑year mortality after hip fracture surgery in the Colombian Andes Mountains
Authors' conclusion
In this study of older people with fragility hip fractures, low HGS and dependent gait were independent predictive markers of 1-year mortality.
Study context
- Population
- Older patients over 60 years old with fragility hip fractures who underwent surgery, tertiary care hospital in the Colombian Andes Mountains, 2019–2020 (median age 81 years, women 77%)
- Participants
- 126 participants
- Exposure
- Low handgrip strength (HGS) vs normal HGS
- Outcome
- 1-year mortality
- Follow-up
- 1 year
Methodological detailssingle tertiary care hospital, Kaplan-Meier analysis, multivariate analysis, Followed up until discharge; survivors contacted by telephone at one, three, and 12 months
- Single tertiary care hospital
- Kaplan-Meier analysis
- Multivariate analysis
- Followed up until discharge; survivors contacted by telephone at one, three, and 12 months
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Mortality at one year
P = 0.000
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | P value |
|---|---|
| Characteristics of low HGS vs normal HGS | all p < 0.01 |
- Characteristics of low HGS vs normal HGS: older, poorer functional and cognitive status, higher comorbidity, higher surgical risk, time to surgery > 72 h, lower hemoglobin and albumin, greater intra-hospital mortality and mortality at one and three months
Prevalence of low HGS · admission
- Prevalence of low HGS in the cohort
- 71.4%
Original publication
Handgrip strength as a predictor of 1‑year mortality after hip fracture surgery in the Colombian Andes Mountains. Osteoporos Int. Published 17 October 2024. doi:10.
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