[Morbidity-mortality in nonagenarians with backgrounds of cerebral vascular accident or femur fracture. NonaSantfeliu Study].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate in community-dwelling nonagenarians the influence of having previously suffered a stroke or a hip fracture.


METHODS
128 nonagenarians (mean age was 93.5 +/- 3.1 years) who were living in their own homes were evaluated prospectively. We evaluated total mortality and functional decline after two years of follow-up.


RESULTS
Forty-eight patients (37.5%) died, and in 29 (36.2%) of the 80 surviving patients there was a functional decline. In 77 (60.2%) patient a bad clinical course was collected (death or functional decline). In the patients with prior stroke or hip fracture there was a worse overall clinical course (mortality or loss of functionality) than in the remaining patients (p = 0.03).


CONCLUSIONS
Community-dwelling nonagenarians with a stroke or hip fracture history underwent a worse clinical course (mortality and functional decline) after two years of follow-up.
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Unidad de Geriatría, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, España. fformiga@csub.scs.es
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality*