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incidents (64%) regardless of age or the presence of alcohol.The odds<br />
of an injury being due to a fall or motor vehicle accident in BAL+ patients<br />
compared to BAL- patients can be seen the table below.<br />
When controlling for the selected demographic factors and the<br />
presence of alcohol, the odds of an injury being the result of a fall increased<br />
significantly as patient age increased. Conversely, the odds of<br />
an injury being from a motor vehicle accident decreased significantly<br />
as the patient age increased.<br />
Conclusions: Age as well as alcohol does influence the odds of<br />
an injury being due to a fall or a motor vehicle accident in older<br />
adults. Our findings suggest that alcohol related injury prevention<br />
programs should be tailored to the age group targeted.<br />
Unadjusted odds of injury being due to falls or motor vehicle accident<br />
by age group<br />
A58<br />
Long term treatment with metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes<br />
and risk of vitamin B-12 deficiency.<br />
V. Nurpeisov. Emory, Dunwoody, GA.<br />
Background: Identification of risk factors for metformin-related<br />
vitamin B12 deficiency has major potential implications regarding the<br />
management of DM.<br />
Methods: A case-control study was conducted from a database<br />
in which the source population consisted of subjects who had levels of<br />
both serum vitamin B12 and hemoglobin A1C checked in a laboratory.<br />
63 cases of diabetes mellitus (HbA1C>7) and vitamin B12 deficiency<br />
secondary to metformin treatment were identified. 73 controls<br />
which were identified as HbA1C>7 with normal vitamin B12 greater<br />
than 200pmol/L served as the comparison group.<br />
Results: After adjusting for confounders, we found a clinically<br />
important and statistically significant association of vitamin B12 deficiency<br />
with duration of metformin use. After adjusting for confounders,<br />
we found a clinically important and statistically significant<br />
association of vitamin B12 deficiency with duration of metformin use.<br />
Among those using metformin for 1 year or more compared with<br />
those receiving metformin for less than 1 year, the adjusted odds ratio<br />
was 8.91 with a CI(4.1; 19.4),(P
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