Report Summarizes Hip Fracture Study Findings from R.K. Saad and Co-Researchers (Secular Trends of Hip Fractures in Lebanon, 2006 to 2017: Implications for Clinical Practice and Public Health Policy in the Middle East Region)

2019 OCT 28 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on Hip Fracture have been published. According to news reporting originating from Beirut, Lebanon, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Country-specific hip fracture incidence rates (IRs) and longevity allow the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) to be adapted to individual countries. Secular trends can affect tool calibration.”

Financial support for this research came from American University of Beirut.

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research, “Data on hip fracture IRs in the Middle East is scarce, and long-term secular trend studies are nonexistent. Using the Ministry of Public Health hip fracture registry, we calculated age-and sex-specific hip fracture IRs in Lebanon, from 2006 to 2017, among individuals aged 50 years. We used Kendall’s tau-b (tb) test to determine the correlation between time and hip fracture IRs, and calculated both the annual % change in IRs and the % change in IR compared to the baseline period (2006 to 2008). The registry recorded 6985 hip fractures, 74% at the femoral neck, 23% intertrochanteric, and 3% subtrochanteric. Men constituted 32% of the population, and were significantly younger than women (76.5 ? 11.0 years versus 77.7 ? 10.3 years; p<0.001). Annual overall IRs, per 100,000, ranged from 126.6 in 2014 to 213.2 in 2017 in women, and 61.4 in 2015 to 111.7 in 2017 in men. The average women to men IR ratio was 1.8 (range, 1.5 to 2.1). IRs steadily increased with age, and IR ratios increased in parallel in both sexes, with a steeper and earlier rise (by 5 years) in women. Data showed a consistent decline in hip fracture IRs starting in 2006 in women, and in 2009 in men. There was a significant negative correlation between time (2006 to 2014) and hip fracture IRs in women (tb=-0.611, p=0.022) but not in men (tb=-0.444, p=0.095). The steady decrease in IRs reversed after 2015 in both sexes. This long-term data on secular trends in the Middle East is novel and consistent with worldwide changes in hip fracture rates.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “The impact of such changes on national FRAX-derived estimates is unclear, should be assessed, and may necessitate an update in the FRAX Lebanon calculator. ? 2019 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.”

For more information on this research see: Secular Trends of Hip Fractures in Lebanon, 2006 to 2017: Implications for Clinical Practice and Public Health Policy in the Middle East Region. Journal of Bone & Mineral Research, 2019;():. Journal of Bone & Mineral Research can be contacted at: Amer Soc Bone & Mineral RES, 2025 M St, N W, Ste 800, Washington, DC 20036-3309, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Journal of Bone & Mineral Research - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1523-4681)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting R.K. Saad, Calcium Metabolism and Osteoporosis Program, WHO Collaborating Center for Metabolic Bone Disorders at the American University of Beirut-Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon. Additional authors for this research include H. Harb, I.R. Bou-Orm, W. Ammar and G. El-Hajj Fuleihan.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1002/jbmr.3870. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

Publisher contact information for the Journal of Bone & Mineral Research is: Amer Soc Bone & Mineral RES, 2025 M St, N W, Ste 800, Washington, DC 20036-3309, USA.

(Our reports deliver fact-based news of research and discoveries from around the world.)