Table 2.
Baseline patient characteristics in the control period and the fracture liaison service (FLS) intervention period
| No FLS intervention (n = 57,186) | FLS intervention (n = 47,071) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Men | All | Women | Men | All | ||
| Age (years), mean ± SD, median (interquartile range) |
71.1 ± 12.8 70 (60–82) |
67.3 ± 12.3 65 (57–77) |
69.8 ± 12.8 68 (59–81) |
70.6 ± 12.6 70 (60–81) |
67.3 ± 12.2 66 (57–76) |
69.4 ± 12.5 68 (59–79) |
|
| Marital status, n (%)a | Unmarried | 3696 (9.9) | 2975 (15.3) | 6671 (11.8) | 3537 (11.6) | 2764 (17.0) | 6301 (13.5) |
| Previously married | 17,895 (48.0) | 5370 (27.6) | 23,265 (41.0) | 13,928 (45.8) | 4329 (26.6) | 18,257 (39.1) | |
| Married | 15,715 (42.1) | 11,147 (57.2) | 26,862 (47.3) | 12,955 (42.6) | 9172 (56.4) | 22,127 (47.4) | |
| Birth country, n (%) | Scandinavian | 35,406 (94.5) | 18,270 (92.7) | 53,676 (93.9) | 28,459 (93.2) | 14,896 (90.2) | 43,355 (92.1) |
| Other | 2076 (5.5) | 1434 (7.3) | 3510 (6.1) | 2094 (6.9) | 1622 (9.8) | 3716 (7.9) | |
| Educational level, n (%)b | < 12 years | 11,717 (31.5) | 4770 (24.6) | 16,487 (29.1) | 8169 (27.0) | 3661 (22.7) | 11,830 (25.5) |
| 12 years | 16,164 (43.5) | 8806 (45.3) | 24,970 (44.1) | 12,962 (42.8) | 7247 (44.9) | 20,209 (43.6) | |
| > 12 years | 9274 (25.0) | 5855 (30.1) | 15,129 (26.7) | 9133 (30.2) | 5237 (32.4) | 14,370 (31.0) | |
| Urban centrality index, n (%)c | Urban | 25,831 (70.5) | 13,046 (68.0) | 38,877 (69.7) | 21,287 (70.1) | 11,182 (69.0) | 32,469 (70.1) |
| Suburban | 7308 (20.0) | 4103 (21.4) | 11,411 (20.4) | 6141 (20.4) | 3402 (21.0) | 9543 (20.6) | |
| Rural | 3496 (9.5) | 2035 (10.6) | 5531 (9.9) | 2698 (9.0) | 1608 (9.9) | 4306 (9.3) | |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index groups, n (%) | 0 | 26,090 (69.6) | 12,669 (64.3) | 38,759 (67.8) | 21,347 (69.9) | 10,596 (64.2) | 31,943 (67.9) |
| 1 | 5377 (14.4) | 2798 (14.2) | 8175 (14.3) | 4322 (14.2) | 2258 (13.7) | 6580 (14.0) | |
| 2 | 6015 (16.1) | 4237 (21.5) | 10,252 (17.9) | 4884 (16.9) | 3664 (22.2) | 8548 (18.2) | |
| Index fracture typesd, n (%) | Ribs, sternum, thoracic spine | 3046 (8.1) | 3709 (18.8) | 6755 (11.8) | 2818 (9.2) | 3618 (21.9) | 6436 (13.7) |
| Lumbar spine, pelvis | 2857 (7.6) | 1645 (8.4) | 4502 (7.9) | 2226 (7.3) | 1352 (8.2) | 3578 (7.6) | |
| Upper arm | 5612 (15.0) | 2720 (13.8) | 8332 (14.6) | 4552 (14.9) | 2337 (14.2) | 6889 (14.6) | |
| Forearm | 11,236 (30.9) | 3032 (15.4) | 14,268 (25.0) | 9220 (30.2) | 2427 (14.7) | 11,647 (24.7) | |
| Hand, wrist | 2572 (6.9) | 2497 (12.7) | 5069 (8.9) | 2250 (7.4) | 2112 (12.8) | 4362 (9.3) | |
| Hip | 5443 (14.5) | 2778 (14.1) | 8221 (14.4) | 3879 (12.7) | 2056 (12.5) | 5935 (12.6) | |
| Femur | 740 (2.0) | 316 (1.6) | 1056 (1.9) | 517 (1.7) | 242 (1.5) | 759 (1.6) | |
| Patella, lower leg, ankle | 5245 (14.0) | 2846 (14.4) | 8091 (14.2) | 4463 (14.6) | 2347 (14.2) | 6810 (14.5) | |
| Foot | 2283 (6.1) | 1302 (6.6) | 3585 (6.3) | 1821 (6.0) | 1025 (6.2) | 2846 (6.1) | |
aMissing marital status (n = 774)
bMissing educational level (n = 1262)
cMissing urban centrality index (n = 2120)
d100,198 patients had 104,257 fracture episodes, 3015 fracture episodes had multiple fracture types, and 4059 patients were reported in both groups (no FLS and FLS)