Spondyloarthritis & psoriatic arthritis
Incidence Rate and Factors Associated With Fractures Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Ankylosing Spondylitis in the United States
Authors' conclusion
In this large sample of Medicare beneficiaries with AS, increasing age, historical fracture, and use of opioids had higher odds of fracture. Men and women were equally likely to have a fracture.
Study context
- Population
- Adults with prevalent AS, RISE registry linked to Medicare claims, 2016–2018 (mean age 69.4 years; 44.3% female)197 with fractures
- Participants
- 1,426 adults
- Outcome
- Incidence rate of fractures
Methodological detailsregistry linked to Medicare claims, logistic regression
- Registry linked to Medicare claims
- Logistic regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Overall incidence rate of fractures per 1,000 person-years
76.7
95% CI 66.4–88.6
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Factors associated with fracture (logistic regression)
| OR (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Older age | 2.8 (1.39–5.65) | |
| Historical fracture | 5.24 (3.44–7.99) | |
| Use of >30 mg morphine equivalent | 1.86 (1.08–3.19) | |
| 0.10.31310Odds ratio (log scale) |
Original publication
Incidence Rate and Factors Associated With Fractures Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Ankylosing Spondylitis in the United States. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). Published 30 October 2023. doi:10.
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