title: Association of Proton Pump Inhibitor Use with Recurrent Falls and Risk of Fractures in Older Women: A Study of Medication Use in Older Fallers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the association between Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) use and falls and fractures.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study.
  
  
  METHODS
  400 female patients aged 70 years or older who were consecutively admitted to the Trauma Center Meidling, Vienna, after a fall and who required hospital admission.
  
  
  METHODS
  We quantified the strength of the associations between PPI use and falls, and between PPI use and fractures, using a logistic regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  use of PPIs was significantly associated with risk of recurrent falls (OR 1.92, 95% CI = 1.05 - 3.50, p = 0.04) as well as with risk of a fracture (OR 2.15, 95% CI 1.10 - 4.21, p = 0.03).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In conclusion, our results provide further evidence that PPI use may increase risk of falls and fractures in older women and highlight the need for clinicians to reassess the original indication and the need for continuation of PPIs on a regular basis.
authors.affiliation: Tischa J.M. van der Cammen, MD, PhD, FRCP, Associate Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Section of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Tel: +31-10-703.59.79; Fax: +31-10-703.47.68, E-mail: t.vandercammen@erasmusmc.nl.
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Thaler
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Sterke
authors.forename: T J M
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: van der Cammen
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D016017:Odds Ratio; D054328:Proton Pump Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D054328:Proton Pump Inhibitors