Publications by authors named "Jyunki Kawakami"
Article Synopsis
- Hip fractures are common in people over 80, but there's limited large-scale research confirming risk factors like low bone mineral density and falls in this age group.
- A study involving 1,395 hip fracture patients and 1,075 controls used machine learning (XGBoost) to analyze 40 risk factors, achieving a high prediction accuracy.
- The research identified the top 10 key factors influencing hip fracture risk, each with specific scoring criteria, enabling better risk assessment with an optimal cutoff value of 7, which resulted in decent sensitivity and specificity.
