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A plasma protein-based risk score to predict hip fractures.

TitleA plasma protein-based risk score to predict hip fractures.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2024
AuthorsAustin, TR, Nethander, M, Fink, HA, Törnqvist, AE, Jalal, DI, Bůzková, P, Barzilay, JI, Carbone, L, Gabrielsen, ME, Grahnemo, L, Lu, T, Hveem, K, Jonasson, C, Kizer, JR, Langhammer, A, Mukamal, KJ, Gerszten, RE, Psaty, BM, Robbins, JA, Sun, YV, Skogholt, AHeidi, Kanis, JA, Johansson, H, Åsvold, BOlav, Valderrábano, RJ, Zheng, J, J Richards, B, Coward, E, Ohlsson, C
JournalNat Aging
Date Published2024 May 27
ISSN2662-8465
Abstract<p>As there are effective treatments to reduce hip fractures, identification of patients at high risk of hip fracture is important to inform efficient intervention strategies. To obtain a new tool for hip fracture prediction, we developed a protein-based risk score in the Cardiovascular Health Study using an aptamer-based proteomic platform. The proteomic risk score predicted incident hip fractures and improved hip fracture discrimination in two Trøndelag Health Study validation cohorts using the same aptamer-based platform. When transferred to an antibody-based proteomic platform in a UK Biobank validation cohort, the proteomic risk score was strongly associated with hip fractures (hazard ratio per s.d. increase, 1.64; 95% confidence interval 1.53-1.77). The proteomic risk score, but not available polygenic risk scores for fractures or bone mineral density, improved the C-index beyond the fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX), which integrates information from clinical risk factors (C-index, FRAX 0.735 versus FRAX + proteomic risk score 0.776). The developed proteomic risk score constitutes a new tool for stratifying patients according to hip fracture risk; however, its improvement in hip fracture discrimination is modest and its clinical utility beyond FRAX with information on femoral neck bone mineral density remains to be determined.</p>
DOI10.1038/s43587-024-00639-7
Alternate JournalNat Aging
PubMed ID38802582
PubMed Central ID7573502
Grant ListU01HL130114 / / U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) /
N01HC85083 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
R01HL144483 / / U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) /
U01HL080295 / / U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) /
KAW 2015.0317 / / Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse (Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation) /
R01 HL144483 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
LU2021-0096 / / IngaBritt och Arne Lundbergs Forskningsstiftelse (Ingabritt and Arne Lundberg Research Foundation) /
2020-01392 / / Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council) /
N01HC85083 / HL / NHLBI NIH HHS / United States
ePub date: 
24/05