Data are means ± SD or number of patients (% of total)1 The ALD status identifies patients with a major chronic disease coded according to the International Classification of Disease, 10th version classification system (ICD-10), as declared by their general practitioner and approved by a physician employed by the National Healthcare Insurance2 The CMU status identifies patients with low income3 Long term corticotherapy defined as at least six reimbursements for oral or injectable corticosteroids in the year preceding the fracture* p<0.001 with χ² test.Characteristics of patients who were hospitalized for a proximal humerus fracture or a distal forearm fracture and had no prevalent osteoporosis treatment, by treatment group (N = 445).