Disability-adjusted-life-years losses in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis: a burden of illness study

BMC Public Health

Table 3 DALY losses in mean (CI95%), undiscounted and discounted by BMD and age

Individual DALYs undiscounted	All ages		Women < 65 years of age		Women ≥ 65 years of age
	Mean	(95% CI)	Mean	(95% CI)	Mean	(95% CI)
Severe osteoporosis with prior BF (n = 272)	7.8^a,b	(7.2 8.4)	9.0^a,b	(8.2, 9.8)	5.9^d	(5.3, 6.6)
Osteoporosis (n = 1,958)	5.8^c	(5.6, 6.0)	6.1^c	(5.8, 6.4)	4.9^e	(4.6, 5.2)
T-score > −2.5 (n = 552)	6.2^c	(5.8, 6.2)	6.5^c	(6.0, 6.9)	5.0	(4.6, 5.5)
Total study population (n = 2,788)	6.1	(5.9, 6.2)	6.4	(6.2, 6.7)	5.1	(4.9, 5.3)
Individual DALYs discounted	All ages		Women < 65 years		Women ≥ 65 years of age
	Mean	(95% CI)	Mean	(95% CI)	Mean	(95% CI)
Severe osteoporosis with prior BF (n = 272)	5.5^a,b	(5.1, 5.9)	6.1^a,b	(5.5, 6.6)	4.6^d,f	(4.2, 5.1)
Osteoporosis (n = 1,958)	4.0^c	(3.9, 4.1)	4.1^c	(3.9, 4.2	3.8^e	(3.6, 4.0)
T-score > −2.5 (n = 552)	4.2^c	(4.0, 4.4)	4.3^c	(4.0, 4.6)	3.9^g	(3.5, 4.3)
Total study population (n = 2,788)	4.2	(4.1, 4.3)	4.3	(4.2, 4.4)	3.9	(3.8, 4.1)

Note: ^aP < 0.001 versus osteoporotics; ^bP < 0.001 versus postmenopausal women T > −2.5; ^cP < 0.001 versus severe osteoporosis with prior BF; ^dP = 0.01 versus osteoporotics; ^eP = 0.01 versus severe osteoporosis with prior BF; ^fP < 0.05 postmenopausal women T > −2.5; ^gP < 0.05 versus severe osteoporotics with prior BF.

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