People with Intellectual Disability have higher incidence of osteoporotic fractures: Lancet
Current osteoporosis guidelines do not identify individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) as at risk of fracture, potentially missing opportunities for prevention. The researchers conducted a study to assess the incidence of fractures in people with ID over the life course.
The researchers Valeria Frighi and colleagues has found that the frequency, kind, and location of fractures in people with intellectual disability point to early onset of osteoporosis. The findings of this study were published in eClinical Medicine.
There may be missed chances for prevention since current osteoporosis recommendations do not recognize people with intellectual disability (ID) as being at risk of fracture. Researchers conducted this study to determine the prevalence of fractures in people with ID throughout the course of their lives.
Descriptive analysis of an open cohort study utilizing anonymous electronic health information from the Hospital Episode Statistics database and the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (Jan 1, 1998–Dec 31, 2017). In order to compare fractures between people with and without ID (age 1–17 and 18 years) for any fracture, and in people aged 18–49 and 50 years for major osteoporotic fracture (vertebra, shoulder, wrist, hip), the incidence rate (95% CI) per 10,000 person-years (py) and incidence rate ratio (IRR, 95% CI) were calculated.
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