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Burden of hip fracture using disability-adjusted life-years: a pooled analysis of prospective cohorts in the CHANCES consortium

  • Nikos Papadimitriou
  • , Konstantinos K. Tsilidis
  • , Philippos Orfanos
  • , Vassiliki Benetou
  • , Evangelia E. Ntzani
  • , Isabelle Soerjomataram
  • , Annemarie Künn-Nelen
  • , Ulrika Pettersson-Kymmer
  • , Sture Eriksson
  • , Hermann Brenner
  • , Ben Schöttker
  • , Kai Uwe Saum
  • , Bernd Holleczek
  • , Francine D. Grodstein
  • , Diane Feskanich
  • , Nicola Orsini
  • , Alicja Wolk
  • , Andrea Bellavia
  • , Tom Wilsgaard
  • , Lone Jørgensen
  • Paolo Boffetta, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Antonia Trichopoulou
  • University of Ioannina
  • Helenic Health Foundation
  • Imperial College London
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • Brown University
  • International Agency for Research on Cancer
  • University of Wuppertal
  • Maastricht University
  • Umeå University
  • German Cancer Research Center
  • Heidelberg University 
  • FOM University of Applied Sciences
  • Saarland Cancer Registry
  • Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Karolinska Institutet
  • University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway
  • University Hospital of North Norway
  • Harvard University
  • Academy of Athens

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Abstract

Background No studies have estimated disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) lost due to hip fractures using real-life follow-up cohort data. We aimed to quantify the burden of disease due to incident hip fracture using DALYs in prospective cohorts in the CHANCES consortium, and to calculate population attributable fractions based on DALYs for specific risk factors. Methods We used data from six cohorts of participants aged 50 years or older at recruitment to calculate DALYs. We applied disability weights proposed by the National Osteoporosis Foundation and did a series of sensitivity analyses to examine the robustness of DALY estimates. We calculated population attributable fractions for smoking, body-mass index (BMI), physical activity, alcohol intake, type 2 diabetes and parity, use of hormone replacement therapy, and oral contraceptives in women. We calculated summary risk estimates across cohorts with pooled analysis and random-effects meta-analysis methods. Findings 223 880 men and women were followed up for a mean of 13 years (SD 6). 7724 (3·5%) participants developed an incident hip fracture, of whom 413 (5·3%) died as a result. 5964 DALYs (27 per 1000 individuals) were lost due to hip fractures, 1230 (20·6%) of which were in the group aged 75–79 years. 4150 (69·6%) DALYs were attributed to disability. Current smoking was the risk factor responsible for the greatest hip fracture burden (7·5%, 95% CI 5·2–9·7) followed by physical inactivity (5·5%, 2·1–8·5), history of diabetes (2·8%, 2·1–4·0), and low to average BMI (2·0%, 1·4–2·7), whereas low alcohol consumption (0·01–2·5 g per day) and high BMI had a protective effect. Interpretation Hip fracture can lead to a substantial loss of healthy life-years in elderly people. National public health policies should be strengthened to reduce hip fracture incidence and mortality. Primary prevention measures should be strengthened to prevent falls, and reduce smoking and a sedentary lifestyle. Funding European Community's Seventh Framework Programme.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)e239-e246
JournalThe Lancet Public Health
Volume2
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2017

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