SynthesisInternational journal of biometeorology2015
Systematic review of the association between climate and hip fractures.
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Meteorological factors to fall: a systematic review.International journal of biometeorology · 2018Pooled it
- Hip fracture seasonality in a mild climate: the joint association of daylight duration and temperature.Archives of osteoporosis · 2026Article
- Air pollution and hip fracture risk in older people: a multi-center time-series DLNM study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Observational
- A Higher Charlson Comorbidity Index Is a Risk Factor for Hip Fracture in Older Adults During Low-Temperature Periods: A Cross-Sectional Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
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- Epidemiological features of 1,332 cases of hip fracture in Shanghai, China (2015-2020).Arthroplasty (London, England) · 2024Article
- Trend and Seasonality of Hip Fractures in Catalonia, Spain: Exploring the Influence of Climate.Calcified tissue international · 2024Article
- Association between weather and hip fracture in adults: a nationwide study in China 198 cities.Archives of osteoporosis · 2023Article
- The association between weather warnings and hip fractures in the Republic of Ireland.Archives of osteoporosis · 2023Article
- Long-term exposure to air pollution increases hip fracture incidence rate and related mortality: analysis of National Hip Fracture Database.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2022Article
- Seasonally Dependent Change of the Number of Fractures after 50 Years of Age in Poland-Analysis of Combined Health Care and Climate Datasets.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Association of Cold Ambient Temperature With Fracture Risk and Mortality: National Data From Norway-A Norwegian Epidemiologic Osteoporosis Studies (NOREPOS) Study.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2022Article
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- Low serum levels of vitamin D significantly increase the risk of death in older adults with hip fractures: a prospective cohort.Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes · 2022Article
- Effect of meteorological factors and air pollutants on fractures: a nationwide population-based ecological study.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Contribution of elevation and residential proximity to the coast in explaining geographic variations in hip fracture incidence. A Norwegian Epidemiologic Osteoporosis Studies (NOREPOS) study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2021Article
- Geographic variations in hip fracture incidence in a high-risk country stretching into the Arctic: a NOREPOS study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2020Article
- Hip Fractures in Older Adults in Ontario, Canada-Monthly Variation, Insights, and Implications.Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ · 2019Article
- Epidemiology of hip fractures : Systematic literature review of German data and an overview of the international literature.Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2019Review
- Short-term association between outdoor air pollution and osteoporotic hip fracture.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2018Article
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Abstract
This study aims to systematically review epidemiological studies that evaluate the relationship between meteorology and the incidence of hip fracture (HF). After a search in Scopus, PubMed, and Embase, two independent authors assessed the relevance of studies and extracted data for description. From each study, we extracted the geographic and temporal scope, design, study variables (meteorological and related to HF), statistical analysis, and estimated associations. Of a total of 134 works, 20 studies were selected. All use an ecological design but one case-crossover. Most studies have been conducted in northern latitudes. The analysis methodology did not take into account the temporal structure of the data in 10 studies (regression and linear correlations); the rest used Poisson regression (7) and ARIMA model (3). Most studies showed significant positive associations with rainfall, especially in the form of snow: HF relative risk (RR) on days with precipitation vs. days without precipitation that ranged from 1.14 (95 % confidence interval (CI)1.04 to 1.24) to 1.60 (95 % CI 1.06 to 2.41), the temperature, with RR by one degree Celsius decline from 1.012 (95 % CI 1.004 to 1.020) to 1.030 (95 % CI 1.023 to 1.037), and wind (3) RR FC windiest days vs. calm days: 1.32 (95 % CI 1.10 to 1.58) to 1.35 (95 % CI 0.88 to 2.08). This review shows that analytic methods are very heterogeneous and poorly adapted to the temporary nature of the data. Studies confirm a certain seasonality, with more fractures in winter and meaningful relationships with meteorological conditions typical of this season.
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