One-year incidence rates were also calculated for each of the following sub-groups: age groups, type of index fracture (hip and clinical spine fracture); and for the OBP cohort only, previous fracture history.
A common data dictionary was used to extract variables from all three databases, and a single R script was used to run the analyses in all three databases; all analyses were performed using RStudio version 1.1.380.
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