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Chronic otitis media (COM) has been considered as a localized disease, and its systemic impact is poorly understood. Whether COM-induced inflammation could be associated with systemic bone loss and hip fracture is unknown at present. Our study tried to determine the risk of hip fracture among COM patients. We selected the comparison individuals without the COM coding and paired the controls with COM patients by gender, age, and comorbidities (including osteoporosis) by about a one-to-two ratio. Our study showed that the incidence of hip fracture was 4.48 and 3.92 per 1000 person-years for comparison and COM cohorts respectively. The cumulative incidence of hip fracture is higher in the COM cohort (p < 0.001). After adjustment for gender, age, and comorbidities, the COM patients had a 1.11-fold (aHR = 1.11; 95% CI = 1.05−1.17) risk of hip fracture than the control subjects. Among COM patients, a history of hearing loss is associated with higher (aHR = 1.21; 95% CI = 1.20−1.42) fracture risk. Our study showed that COM patients, especially those with hearing loss, are susceptible to a higher risk for hip fracture.

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Pei-Shao Liao, Ching-Chih Chiu, Yi-Hsiu Fu, Chia-Chun Hsia, Yu-Cih Yang, Kun-Feng Lee, Shang-Lin Hsieh, Shu-Jui Kuo. Incidence of Hip Fractures among Patients with Chronic Otitis Media: The Real-World Data. Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania). 2022 Aug 22;58(8)

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PMID: 36013605

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