Tibial plateau fracture risk factors

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rohan A. Bhimani, M.B.B.S., D.N.B., M.Ch.[2]

Common risk factors in the development of tibial plateau fracture include age, female gender, and health conditions.

• Many tibial plateau fracture commonly occur in healthy bones if the trauma is severe enough such as a car accident or sports injury. They can happen even in people over 60 are due to osteoporosis if the fall was relatively minor such as a fall from a standing position.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

• The incidence of distal radius fracture has a bimodal distribution during the life span.
• The incidence is high in the young adulthood and increases again in older adults.

• Gender distribution curves for tibial plateau fracture incidence in the young to middle adulthood indicate that men aged 19-49 years have a higher risk than women of the same age.
• Beyond that age, the rate of tibial plateau fracture increases markedly such that women older than 50 years have a 15% lifetime risk, whereas the incidence in men remains low until they reach the age of 80 years.

• Health conditions that predispose to increase risk of tibial plateau fracture include:^[6]
  • Osteoporosis
  • chronic stroke
  • Diabetes
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Chronic kidney disease

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