Metadata

Name Osteoporosis (osteoporosis)
Category Musculoskeletal
Sex
Adult Yes
UUID 0f4100db-b33f-491e-b9d9-a5e985456369
Definition A condition of reduced bone mass, with decreased cortical thickness and a decrease in the number and size of the trabeculae of cancellous bone (but normal chemical composition), resulting in increased fracture incidence.

Ontologies

Disease Ontology (DOID) DOID_11476
GWAS Catalogue EFO_0003882
MeSH D010024
SNOMED-CT 64859006
FinnGen M13_OSTEOPOROSIS

Key Summary Statistics

Cases from any source

Total 28657
Female (%) 23997 (84%)
Male (%) 4660 (16%)

Year first recorded

osteoporosis year of first event

Cases linked in all UK Biobank sources

Cross-source concordance

Vertical bars correspond to number of cases per source/intersection; horizontal bars to left correspond to total number of cases per source.

Cross-sourced osteoporosis cases

Incidence & prevalence

Sex and age-stratified incidence and prevalence of osteoporosis

Baseline prevalence stratified by sex

Female 447.93 (434.01,461.85)
Male 93.8 (86.73,100.86)

Incidence stratified by sex

Female 69.25 (67.01,71.49)
Male 12.55 (11.53,13.56)

Incidence stratified by age

Ages 40-44 5.66 (4.18,7.14)
Ages 45-49 15.15 (13.06,17.24)
Ages 50-54 30.04 (27.31,32.77)
Ages 55-59 45.02 (41.96,48.08)
Ages 60-64 57.02 (54.04,60.01)
Ages 65-69 71.61 (67.74,75.48)

Period prevalence

Methods

Comparison with general population

Sex-standardised prevalence from CALIBER study (Kuan et al. 2019)

CALIBER and UKB osteoporosis prevalence comparison for multiple age groups

Population Ages 40-49 Ages 50-59 Ages 60-69
UK Biobank 99 (90,109) 316 (303,329) 706 (689,723)
CALIBER 61 (59,63) 228 (224,233) 569 (561,576)

Stratified by age and Townsend deprivation status

Deprivation status Ages 40-49 Ages 50-59 Ages 60-69
Least deprived 86(67,110) 266(240,294) 682(647,719)
Low 87(67,111) 307(279,338) 657(623,693)
Medium 86(67,109) 298(271,328) 692(656,729)
High 94(75,116) 307(279,336) 713(675,753)
Most deprived 130(109,154) 399(366,433) 806(763,850)

Stratified by age and country

Country Ages 40-49 Ages 50-59 Ages 60-69
England 99(89,110) 307(293,322) 675(657,694)
Scotland 84(61,112) 367(330,408) 852(800,907)
Wales 118(83,163) 320(275,369) 797(734,865)

Risk factors analysis

‘Healthy’ BMI, smoking status ‘never’, or no hypertension (absence of hypertension records) were considered as reference values.

Hazard Ratio (HR) values with P < 0.0002 were considered to show significant association with disease onset after correction for multiple-testing using the Bonferroni method

N=153520, Events=195

Factor Level Hazard Ratio P value
BMI overweight 1.39 (0.98, 1.99) 0.068
BMI obese 1.63 (1.11, 2.4) 0.0126
BMI underweight 0 (0, Inf) 0.99
smoking previous 1.5 (1.1, 2.03) 0.00988
smoking current 1.45 (0.93, 2.27) 0.0986
hypertension yes 1.38 (0.98, 1.93) 0.0624

Risk factors analysis forest plot

Definition

UK Biobank field id Description Code Value
20002 Non-cancer illness code, self-reported 1309 osteoporosis
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 M80 Osteoporosis with pathological fracture
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 M81 Osteoporosis without pathological fracture
41202 Diagnoses - main ICD10 M82 Osteoporosis in diseases classified elsewhere
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 M80 Osteoporosis with pathological fracture
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 M81 Osteoporosis without pathological fracture
41204 Diagnoses - secondary ICD10 M82 Osteoporosis in diseases classified elsewhere
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 M80 Osteoporosis with pathological fracture
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 M81 Osteoporosis without pathological fracture
40001 Underlying (primary) cause of death: ICD10 M82 Osteoporosis in diseases classified elsewhere
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 M80 Osteoporosis with pathological fracture
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 M81 Osteoporosis without pathological fracture
40002 Contributory (secondary) causes of death: ICD10 M82 Osteoporosis in diseases classified elsewhere
42040 GP clinical event records 14GB.00 History of osteoporosis
42040 GP clinical event records 58EG.00 Hip DXA scan result osteoporotic
42040 GP clinical event records 58EM.00 Lumbar DXA scan result osteoporotic
42040 GP clinical event records 58EV.00 Femoral neck DEXA scan result osteoporotic
42040 GP clinical event records 66a..00 Osteoporosis monitoring
42040 GP clinical event records 9kj0.00 Bone sparing drug treatment offered for osteoporosis - ESA
42040 GP clinical event records 9kj..00 Osteoporosis - enhanced services administration
42040 GP clinical event records 9Od0.00 Attends osteoporosis monitoring
42040 GP clinical event records 9Od2.00 Osteoporosis monitoring default
42040 GP clinical event records 9Od3.00 Osteoporosis monitoring first letter
42040 GP clinical event records 9Od4.00 Osteoporosis monitoring second letter
42040 GP clinical event records 9Od5.00 Osteoporosis monitoring third letter
42040 GP clinical event records 9Od6.00 Osteoporosis monitoring verbal invitation
42040 GP clinical event records 9Od7.00 Osteoporosis monitoring telephone invitation
42040 GP clinical event records 9Od8.00 Osteoporosis monitoring deleted
42040 GP clinical event records 9Od9.00 Osteoporosis monitoring check done
42040 GP clinical event records 9Od..00 Osteoporosis monitoring administration
42040 GP clinical event records N330000 Osteoporosis, unspecified
42040 GP clinical event records N330100 Senile osteoporosis
42040 GP clinical event records N330200 Postmenopausal osteoporosis
42040 GP clinical event records N330300 Idiopathic osteoporosis
42040 GP clinical event records N330400 Dissuse osteoporosis
42040 GP clinical event records N330500 Drug-induced osteoporosis
42040 GP clinical event records N330600 Postoophorectomy osteoporosis
42040 GP clinical event records N330700 Postsurgical malabsorption osteoporosis
42040 GP clinical event records N330A00 Osteoporosis in endocrine disorders
42040 GP clinical event records N330B00 Vertebral osteoporosis
42040 GP clinical event records N330C00 Osteoporosis localized to spine
42040 GP clinical event records N330D00 Osteoporosis due to corticosteroids
42040 GP clinical event records N330.00 Osteoporosis
42040 GP clinical event records N330z00 Osteoporosis NOS
42040 GP clinical event records N331200 Postoophorectomy osteoporosis with pathological fracture
42040 GP clinical event records N331300 Osteoporosis of disuse with pathological fracture
42040 GP clinical event records N331400 Postsurgical malabsorption osteoporosis with path fracture
42040 GP clinical event records N331500 Drug-induced osteoporosis with pathological fracture
42040 GP clinical event records N331600 Idiopathic osteoporosis with pathological fracture
42040 GP clinical event records N331800 Osteoporosis + pathological fracture lumbar vertebrae
42040 GP clinical event records N331900 Osteoporosis + pathological fracture thoracic vertebrae
42040 GP clinical event records N331A00 Osteoporosis + pathological fracture cervical vertebrae
42040 GP clinical event records N331B00 Postmenopausal osteoporosis with pathological fracture
42040 GP clinical event records N331H00 Collapse of cervical vertebra due to osteoporosis
42040 GP clinical event records N331J00 Collapse of lumbar vertebra due to osteoporosis
42040 GP clinical event records N331K00 Collapse of thoracic vertebra due to osteoporosis
42040 GP clinical event records N331L00 Collapse of vertebra due to osteoporosis NOS
42040 GP clinical event records N331M00 Fragility fracture due to unspecified osteoporosis
42040 GP clinical event records N331M11 Minimal trauma fracture due to unspecified osteoporosis
42040 GP clinical event records N331N00 Fragility fracture
42040 GP clinical event records N331N11 Minimal trauma fracture
42040 GP clinical event records N374600 Osteoporotic kyphosis
42040 GP clinical event records NyuB000 [X]Other osteoporosis with pathological fracture
42040 GP clinical event records NyuB100 [X]Other osteoporosis
42040 GP clinical event records NyuB200 [X]Osteoporosis in other disorders classified elsewhere
42040 GP clinical event records NyuB800 [X]Unspecified osteoporosis with pathological fracture
42040 GP clinical event records XaISW Osteoporosis monitoring verbal invitation
42040 GP clinical event records XaISY Osteoporosis monitoring deleted
42040 GP clinical event records XaD4I Collapse of lumbar vertebra due to osteoporosis
42040 GP clinical event records XaISZ Osteoporosis monitoring check done
42040 GP clinical event records XaISV Osteoporosis monitoring third letter
42040 GP clinical event records XaIIp Fragility fracture due to unspecified osteoporosis
42040 GP clinical event records XaISQ Attends osteoporosis monitoring
42040 GP clinical event records XaISP Osteoporosis monitoring administration
42040 GP clinical event records XaITb Lumbar DXA scan result osteoporotic
42040 GP clinical event records XaISd Osteoporosis monitoring
42040 GP clinical event records XaD4J Collapse of thoracic vertebra due to osteoporosis
42040 GP clinical event records XaIP4 Osteoporosis due to corticosteroids
42040 GP clinical event records XaD4K Collapse of vertebra due to osteoporosis NOS
42040 GP clinical event records XaIST Osteoporosis monitoring first letter
42040 GP clinical event records XaISX Osteoporosis monitoring telephone invitation
42040 GP clinical event records XaNSP Fragility fracture
42040 GP clinical event records XaQgT History of osteoporosis
42040 GP clinical event records XaISS Osteoporosis monitoring default
42040 GP clinical event records XaITW Hip DXA scan result osteoporotic
42040 GP clinical event records XaISU Osteoporosis monitoring second letter
42040 GP clinical event records XaPE2 Femoral neck DEXA scan result osteoporotic
42040 GP clinical event records XaD2s Collapse of cervical vertebra due to osteoporosis