Regional and gender-specific analyses give new perspectives for secular trend in hip fracture incidence.

ABSTRACT: In this study, we found that regional disparity in incidence of hip fractures has converged. Also, annual hip fracture risk ratios between genders have systematically diminished over time.

Introduction

Several studies have reported secular trends in hip fracture incidence, but knowledge about the possible causes is limited. We studied potential explanations by examining spatio-temporal epidemiology of the fractures and estimating relative risks between genders.

Methods

This observational study was based on all inpatient hospital discharges in 1972-2018 in Finland. We divided the data by gender, 5-year age groups and Finnish sub-regions and estimated gender and age standardized spatio-temporal rates of hip fractures by using a Bayesian age-period-cohort model.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Pekonen SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8387269 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature