Table 4.

Associations of a fracture liaison service (FLS) intervention with risk of a second hip fracture and mortality after hip fracture in women and men^a

		Person-years	n	HR (95% CI)b	p-value	HR (95% CI)c	p-value	HR (95% CI)d	p-value
Women
Second hip fracture	No FLS	18,774	732	ref		ref		ref
	FLS	8419	298	0.82 (0.72, 0.95)	0.007	0.83 (0.72, 0.95)	0.007	0.80 (0.69, 0.92)	0.002
Mortality after hip fracture	No FLS	20,177	3538	ref		ref		ref
	FLS	8858	1599	0.97 (0.92, 1.04)	0.40	0.98 (0.93, 1.04)	0.56	0.98 (0.92, 1.05)	0.58
Men
Second hip fracture	No FLS	7901	310	ref		ref		ref
	FLS	3887	133	0.82 (0.72, 0.95)	0.007	0.76 (0.61, 0.94)	0.10	0.74 (0.60, 0.92)	0.007
Mortality after hip fracture	No FLS	8420	1863	ref		ref		ref
	FLS	4078	1056	0.99 (0.92, 1.07)	0.88	0.99 (0.92, 1.07)	0.82	0.99 (0.92, 1.07)	0.86

^aHazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for a second hip fracture and mortality by FLS in 16,326 patients with an index hip fractures from 2011 to 2018

^bAdjusted for age, sex, and stratified on hospital

^cAdjusted for age, sex, marital status, education level, Scandinavian-born, comorbidity, and stratified on hospital

^dAdjusted for age, sex, marital status, education level, Scandinavian-born, comorbidity, hospitalization day (in splines with 7 knots), and stratified on hospital