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Incidence rates and trends of hip/femur fractures in five European countries: comparison using e-healthcare records databases
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
ID
4501653
Author(s)
Requena, G.; Abbing-Karahagopian, V.; Huerta, C.; De Bruin, M. L.; Alvarez, Y.; Miret, M.; Hesse, U.; Gardarsdottir, H.; Souverein, P. C.; Slattery, J.; Schneider, C.; Rottenkolber, M.; Schmiedl, S.; Gil, M.; De Groot, M. C. H.; Bate, A.; Ruigómez, A.; García Rodríguez, L. A.; Johansson, S.; de Vries, F.; Montero, D.; Schlienger, R.; Reynolds, R.; Klungel, O. H.; de Abajo, F. J.
Incidence rates and trends of hip/femur fractures in five European countries: comparison using e-healthcare records databases
Journal
Calcified tissue international
Volume
94
Number
6
Pages / Article-Number
580-9
Mesh terms
Adult; Age Distribution; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Databases, Factual; Denmark, epidemiology; Electronic Health Records; Female; Femoral Neck Fractures, epidemiology; Germany, epidemiology; Hip Fractures, epidemiology; Humans; Incidence; Male; Middle Aged; Netherlands, epidemiology; Sex Distribution; Spain, epidemiology; United Kingdom, epidemiology
Abstract
Hip fractures represent a major public health challenge worldwide. Multinational studies using a common methodology are scarce. We aimed to estimate the incidence rates (IRs) and trends of hip/femur fractures over the period 2003-2009 in five European countries. The study was performed using seven electronic health-care records databases (DBs) from Denmark, The Netherlands, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom, based on the same protocol. Yearly IRs of hip/femur fractures were calculated for the general population and for those aged ≥50 years. Trends over time were evaluated using linear regression analysis for both crude and standardized IRs. Sex- and age-standardized IRs for the UK, Netherlands, and Spanish DBs varied from 9 to 11 per 10,000 person-years for the general population and from 22 to 26 for those ≥50 years old; the German DB showed slightly higher IRs (about 13 and 30, respectively), whereas the Danish DB yielded IRs twofold higher (19 and 52, respectively). IRs increased exponentially with age in both sexes. The ratio of females to males was ≥2 for patients aged ≥70-79 years in most DBs. Statistically significant trends over time were only shown for the UK DB (CPRD) (+0.7% per year, P < 0.01) and the Danish DB (-1.4% per year, P < 0.01). IRs of hip/femur fractures varied greatly across European countries. With the exception of Denmark, no decreasing trend was observed over the study period.
