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Independent associations of incident epilepsy, enzyme-inducing, and non-enzyme-inducing antiseizure medications with the development of osteoporosis: a population-based analysis

Josephson, C; Gonzalez-Iquierdo, A; Denaxas, S; Sajobi, T; Klein, KM; Wiebe, S; (2023) Independent associations of incident epilepsy, enzyme-inducing, and non-enzyme-inducing antiseizure medications with the development of osteoporosis: a population-based analysis. Presented at: 35th International Epilepsy Congress, Dublin, Ireland. Green open access

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Abstract

Purpose: Both epilepsy and enzyme-inducing antiseizure medications (eiASM) having varying reports of association with increased risks for osteoporosis. The purpose of this study was to quantify and model the independent hazards of epilepsy and ASMs for osteoporosis. // Method: Population-based linked primary care and hospital electronic health records cohort study that included all cases of incident adult-onset (≥18 years) epilepsy. Exposure to an eiASM was defined as those whose first four consecutive ASMs were for enzyme-inducers. The outcome was incident osteoporosis. Hazard was assessed using accelerated failure time models and incident epilepsy was treated as a time-varying covariate. All analyses controlled for age, sex, socioeconomic status, cancer, 1+ years of corticosteroid use, body mass index, bariatric surgery, eating disorders, hyperthyroidism, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, smoking status, falls, fragility fractures, and osteoporosis screening tests. Additional analyses included propensity matching for receipt of an eiASM, restricted analyses to only those with incident onset epilepsy, and restricted analyses to the cohort of people that developed epilepsy at age ≥65. // Results: Of 8,095,441 adults, we identified 6,275 people with incident adult-onset epilepsy (incidence rate 62 per 100,000 person-years) with a median age of 56 (interquartile range 38-73) and 3,220 (51%) were female. When controlling for osteoporosis risk factors, incident epilepsy was independently associated with an increased risk for osteoporosis (time ratio [TR] 0.59, 95% confidence interval [95%CI] 0.52-0.67; p<0.001) as were eiASMs (TR 0.91, 95%CI 72 0.87-0.95; p<0.001) and non-eiASMs (TR 0.77, 95%CI 0.76-0.78; p<0.001). The independent associations between epilepsy, eiASMs, and non-eiASMs remained consistent in propensity matched analyses, cohorts restricted to adult-onset epilepsy, and cohorts restricted to late-onset epilepsy. // Conclusion: Epilepsy is independently associated with a clinically meaningful increase in the risk for osteoporosis, as are both eiASMs and non-eiASMs. Routine screening and prophylaxis should be considered in all people with epilepsy.

Type: Conference item (Presentation)
Title: Independent associations of incident epilepsy, enzyme-inducing, and non-enzyme-inducing antiseizure medications with the development of osteoporosis: a population-based analysis
Event: 35th International Epilepsy Congress
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Dates: 2 Sep 2023 - 6 Sep 2023
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1111/epi.17787
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.17787
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Health Informatics
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Health Informatics > Clinical Epidemiology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10191655
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