Association of Insulin‐like Growth Factor‐1 Bone Mass and Inflammation to Low‐energy Distal Radius Fractures and Fracture Healing in Elderly Women Attending Emergency Care

摘要

ObjectiveElderly patients suffer fractures through low‐energy mechanisms. The distal radius is the most frequent fracture localization. Insulin‐like growth factor‐1 (IGF1) plays an important role in the maintenance of bone mass and its levels decline with advancing age and in states of malnutrition. Our aim was to investigate the association of IGF1 levels, bone mass, nutritional status, and inflammation to low‐energy distal radius fractures and also study if fracture healing is influenced by IGF1, nutritional status, and inflammation.