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Table 3 Influence of HOR UV index and ethnicity on risk of lower limb fractures during BCT

From: A retrospective cohort study on the influence of UV index and race/ethnicity on risk of stress and lower limb fractures

  

Men

Women

Variable

Strata

n

Odds ratio (95%CI)

p-value

n

Odds ratio(95%CI)

p-value

UV Index

High

130,544

1.0

Referent

31,646

1.0

Referent

Medium

152,321

1.02 (0.94-1.12)

0.63

33,081

1.05 (0.91-1.21)

0.49

Low

138,605

0.98 (0.89-1.07)

0.66

25,414

0.93 (0.80-1.09)

0.40

Race/ethnicity

White

286,509

2.01 (1.77-2.29)

<0.01

45,779

1.84 (1.57-2.15)

<0.01

Black

65,270

1.0

Referent

27,261

1.0

Referent

Hispanic

47,447

1.74 (1.48-2.06)

<0.01

11,570

1.44 (1.15-1.79)

<0.01

Asian

13,605

1.44 (1.11-1.86)

<0.01

2,897

1.40 (0.96-2.05)

0.08

Am. Indian

4,347

1.68 (1.14-2.49)

<0.01

1,513

2.00 (1.30-3.08)

<0.01

Other

1,183

2.88 (1.64-5.04)

<0.01

332

1.58 (0.58-4.27)

0.37

 

Unknown

3,100

1.68 (1.07-2.66)

0.03

789

0.66 (0.25-1.78)

0.41

  1. Am, American.
  2. BCT, Basic Combat Training.
  3. CI, Confidence Interval.
  4. HOR, Home of Record.
  5. UV, Ultraviolet.