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Table 5 Discriminative properties with prevalent osteoporotic nonvertebral fracture and femoral neck BMD

From: Psychometric properties of the osteoporosis assessment questionnaire (OPAQ) 2.0: results from the multiple outcomes of raloxifene evaluation (MORE) study

OPAQ Scales

Osteoporotic Nonvertebral Fracture

Baseline Femoral Neck BMD T-score

0 (n =680)

≥ 1 (n =797)

p-value 0 vs. ≥1

0-1 (n =1096)

> 1 (n =381)

p-value 0–1 vs. >1

Linear Trenda

≥ −2.5 (n =884)

< −2.5 (n =585)

p-valueb

Walking/bending

85.66

83.03

0.0645

85.29

81.22

0.0187*

0.0109*

84.90

83.23

0.0009**

Standing/sitting

80.10

77.53

0.1900

79.95

75.18

0.0363*

0.0219*

79.32

77.79

0.0591

Dressing/reaching

92.66

91.52

0.7054

92.15

91.75

0.4842

0.9948

92.69

91.07

0.0292*

Household/self-care

93.33

90.08

0.0025*

92.40

89.24

0.0422*

0.0076*

92.73

89.83

0.0014*

Transfers

92.23

88.43

0.0038*

91.56

86.20

0.0004**

0.0011*

89.96

90.51

0.4672

Usual work

91.65

89.55

0.2040

91.28

88.32

0.1198

0.1692

91.64

88.81

0.0030*

Fear of falls

74.87

69.28

<0.0001***

73.89

66.03

<0.0001***

<0.0001***

73.02

70.09

0.0061*

Level of tension

67.00

66.91

0.8235

67.17

66.34

0.6539

0.8418

66.90

67.04

0.9125

Body image

65.43

63.82

0.4723

65.46

62.00

0.1254

0.2605

64.41

64.79

0.8934

Independence

83.91

81.76

0.2340

83.44

80.76

0.2742

0.0605

84.01

80.83

0.0040*

Back pain

73.55

70.17

0.0544

73.26

67.31

0.0065*

0.0045*

72.25

70.92

0.1295

Fatigue

62.89

60.91

0.1529

62.71

59.28

0.0291*

0.0343*

62.04

61.49

0.2692

Social activity

39.73

40.54

0.9755

39.90

40.95

0.9519

0.5441

40.43

39.78

0.1497

Support, family and friends

84.49

85.55

0.5963

84.85

85.66

0.6097

0.4871

84.81

85.44

0.8636

  1. Abbreviations: BMD = bone mineral density; n = number; OPAQ = Osteoporosis Assessment Questionnaire; vs. = versus.
  2. a,bp-values based on analysis of covariance model controlling for country of origin, age, body mass index (BMI), years since menopause, smoking status (yes vs. no), alcohol consumption (yes vs. no), and number of preexisting conditions.
  3. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.001; ***p < 0.0001.