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Table 4 Impact of HOR UV index on risk of stress fractures when stratified by racial group/ethnicity

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 –UV Index

n

Odds ratio (95%CI)

p-value

n

Odds ratio (95%CI)

p-value

White

High

71,845

1.0

Referent

12,721

1.0

Referent

Medium

107,128

1.00 (0.93-1.06)

0.87

16,868

0.94 (0.87-1.01)

0.10

Low

107,536

0.79 (0.74-0.84)

<0.01

16,190

0.74 (0.68-0.80)

<0.01

Black

High

21,196

1.0

Referent

9,888

1.0

Referent

Medium

29,301

1.12 (0.94-1.32)

0.20

12,124

1.12 (1.00-1.25)

0.05

Low

14,773

1.09 (0.90-1.33)

0.38

5,249

1.05 (0.91-1.21)

0.52

Hispanic

High

28,724

1.0

Referent

6,725

1.0

Referent

Medium

9,032

1.35 (1.15-1.60)

<0.01

2,391

1.11 (0.93-1.31)

0.24

Low

9,691

1.18 (0.99-1.39)

0.06

2,454

1.09 (0.92-1.29)

0.33

Asian

High

5,775

1.0

Referent

1,262

1.0

Referent

Medium

4,137

1.10 (0.80-1.52)

0.56

915

0.85 (0.62-1.16)

0.31

Low

3,693

1.39 (1.01-1.90)

0.04

720

0.57 (0.39-0.84)

<0.01

Am. Indian

High

1,331

1.0

Referent

638

1.0

Referent

Medium

1,530

1.03 (0.62-1.71)

0.92

424

1.32 (0.86-2.04)

0.21

 

Low

1,486

0.80 (0.46-1.37)

0.41

451

0.71 (0.43-1.16)

0.17

  1. Am, American.
  2. CI, Confidence Interval.
  3. HOR, Home of Record.
  4. UV, Ultraviolet.