Trends in hip fracture rates in US male veterans
Authors' conclusion
Despite available screening methods such as DXAs and medications for primary and secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures, hip fracture incidence is not decreasing in older male veterans.
Study context
- Population
- US male veterans aged 50 years and older, VINCI 2002–2019
- Outcome
- Annual age-standardized hip fracture incidence
Methodological detailsnationwide, age-standardised incidence
- Nationwide
- Age-standardised incidence
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Hip fracture incidence trend · 2006–2019
- Hip fracture incidence increased in male veterans from 2006 to 2019
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Secondary outcomes
DXA scan in hip fracture patients
- Men who underwent a DXA scan
- Fewer than 6%
Osteoporosis medication after hip fracture · up to two years after a hip fracture
- Men who received osteoporosis medications
- fewer than 0.5%
Original publication
Trends in hip fracture rates in US male veterans. Osteoporos Int. Published 3 September 2024. doi:10.
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