(2018), who demonstrated that frailty significantly increases the risk of fracture and that falls in the preceding six months show a trend toward significance with an increased fracture risk in older patients with cancer [ 6 ].
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Clinical and geriatric factors associated with fracture risk in older adults with bone metastases: A prospective observational study.
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Despite a trend toward increased risk, the ECOG 2 and ADL very dependent groups failed to reach statistical significance; a finding that diverges from the theoretical expectation that higher disability scores would confer a proportionately greater risk.
Several variables did not reach statistical significance in the univariate model.