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Post-fracture Risk Assessment: Target the Centrally Sited Fractures First! A Substudy of NoFRACT |
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| Authors: | Tove T Borgen åshild Bjørnerem Lene B Solberg Camilla Andreasen Cathrine Brunborg May-Britt Stenbro Lars M Hübschle Anne Froholdt Wender Figved Ellen M Apalset Jan-Erik Gjertsen Trude Basso Ida Lund Ann K Hansen Jens-Meinhard Stutzer Tone K Omsland Lars Nordsletten Frede Frihagen Erik F Eriksen |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Rheumatology, Vestre Viken Hospital Trust, Drammen Hospital, Drammen, Norway;2. Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway;3. Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway;4. Department of Clinical Medicine, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway;5. Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Research Support Services, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway;6. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Vestre Viken Hospital Trust, Drammen Hospital, Drammen, Norway;7. Department of Physical Medicine, Vestre Viken Hospital Trust, Drammen Hospital, Drammen, Norway;8. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Vestre Viken Hospital Trust, Bærum Hospital, Bærum, Norway;9. Department of Rheumatology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway;10. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway;11. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, St. Olavs University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway;12. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Møre and Romsdal Hospital Trust, Molde Hospital, Molde, Norway;13. Department of Community Medicine and Global Health, Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway;14. Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway;15. Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Department of Endocrinology, Morbid Obesity and Preventive Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway |
| Abstract: | The location of osteoporotic fragility fractures adds crucial information to post-fracture risk estimation. Triaging patients according to fracture site for secondary fracture prevention can therefore be of interest to prioritize patients considering the high imminent fracture risk. The objectives of this cross-sectional study were therefore to explore potential differences between central (vertebral, hip, proximal humerus, pelvis) and peripheral (forearm, ankle, other) fractures. This substudy of the Norwegian Capture the Fracture Initiative (NoFRACT) included 495 women and 119 men ≥50 years with fragility fractures. They had bone mineral density (BMD) of the femoral neck, total hip, and lumbar spine assessed using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), trabecular bone score (TBS) calculated, concomitantly vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) with semiquantitative grading of vertebral fractures (SQ1–SQ3), and a questionnaire concerning risk factors for fractures was answered. Patients with central fractures exhibited lower BMD of the femoral neck (765 versus 827 mg/cm2), total hip (800 versus 876 mg/cm2), and lumbar spine (1024 versus 1062 mg/cm2); lower mean TBS (1.24 versus 1.28); and a higher proportion of SQ1-SQ3 fractures (52.0% versus 27.7%), SQ2–SQ3 fractures (36.8% versus 13.4%), and SQ3 fractures (21.5% versus 2.2%) than patients with peripheral fractures (all p < 0.05). All analyses were adjusted for sex, age, and body mass index (BMI); and the analyses of TBS and SQ1–SQ3 fracture prevalence was additionally adjusted for BMD). In conclusion, patients with central fragility fractures revealed lower femoral neck BMD, lower TBS, and higher prevalence of vertebral fractures on VFA than the patients with peripheral fractures. This suggests that patients with central fragility fractures exhibit more severe deterioration of bone structure, translating into a higher risk of subsequent fragility fractures and therefore they should get the highest priority in secondary fracture prevention, although attention to peripheral fractures should still not be diminished. © 2019 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. © 2019 The Authors. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research published by American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. |
| Keywords: | BONE MINERAL DENSITY OSTEOPOROSIS TRABECULAR BONE SCORE VERTEBRAL FRACTURE ASSESSMENT VERTEBRAL FRACTURES |
