BACKGROUND: Fractures are associated with high morbidity and economic costs. There is a paucity of information on fractures after kidney transplantation outside the United States. METHODS: Data were obtained from the Hospital Episode Statistics database on kidney transplants performed in England between 2001 and 2013 and post-transplant fracture-related hospitalization. Mortality data were obtained from the Office for National Statistics. RESULTS: In total, 21 769 first kidney transplant procedures were analyzed with 112 512 patient-years follow-up. Overall, 836 (3.8%) kidney allograft recipients developed a fracture requiring hospitalization. Event rate was 9.99 for any fracture and 1.54 for a hip fracture per 1000 patient-years. Accounting for the competing risk of mortality, increasing age, female gender, white ethnicity, and a history of pre-transplant diabetes mellitus or previous fracture were associated with increased fracture risk post-kidney transplantation. Death occurred in 2407 (11.1%) kidney allograft recipients, with 173 deaths occurring post-fracture. In an extended Cox model, hip fracture as a time-varying factor was independently associated with an increased risk of death (hazard ratio, 3.288; 95% confidence intervals, 2.513-4.301; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Fracture rates in English kidney transplant recipients are lower than previously reported in US cohorts. Sustaining a hip fracture is associated with an increased mortality risk. Our results can be used to power future fracture prevention trials.
BACKGROUND: Fractures are associated with high morbidity and economic costs. There is a paucity of information on fractures after kidney transplantation outside the United States. METHODS: Data were obtained from the Hospital Episode Statistics database on kidney transplants performed in England between 2001 and 2013 and post-transplant fracture-related hospitalization. Mortality data were obtained from the Office for National Statistics. RESULTS: In total, 21 769 first kidney transplant procedures were analyzed with 112 512 patient-years follow-up. Overall, 836 (3.8%) kidney allograft recipients developed a fracture requiring hospitalization. Event rate was 9.99 for any fracture and 1.54 for a hip fracture per 1000 patient-years. Accounting for the competing risk of mortality, increasing age, female gender, white ethnicity, and a history of pre-transplant diabetes mellitus or previous fracture were associated with increased fracture risk post-kidney transplantation. Death occurred in 2407 (11.1%) kidney allograft recipients, with 173 deaths occurring post-fracture. In an extended Cox model, hip fracture as a time-varying factor was independently associated with an increased risk of death (hazard ratio, 3.288; 95% confidence intervals, 2.513-4.301; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Fracture rates in English kidney transplant recipients are lower than previously reported in US cohorts. Sustaining a hip fracture is associated with an increased mortality risk. Our results can be used to power future fracture prevention trials.
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