Assessing risk factors of non-fatal outcomes amid a competing risk of mortality: the example of hip fracture

ConclusionsCause-specific Cox models provide appropriate estimates of hazard for non-fatal outcomes like hip fracture even in the presence of competing risk of mortality. The Cox approach estimates hazard in the population of individuals who have not yet had an incident hip fracture and remain alive, which is typically the group of clinical interest. The Fine-Gray method estimates hazard in a hypothetical population that can yield misleading inferences about risk factors in populations of clinical interest.
Source: Osteoporosis International - Category: Orthopaedics Source Type: research