The association between iliocostal distance and the number of vertebral and non-vertebral fractures in women and men registered in the Canadian Database For Osteoporosis and Osteopenia (CANDOO)

Table 4 Univariate parameter coefficient estimates and P-values for the association between risk factors and the number of vertebral and non-vertebral fractures in men*

	No. Vertebral fractures		No. Non-Vertebral Fractures
	Coefficient	P-value	Coefficient	P-value
Age	0.035	0.072	-0.005	0.788
Height	-0.034	0.010	-0.017	0.164
Weight	0.007	0.523	0.015	0.155
Iliocostal distance	-0.259	0.095	-0.037	0.796
Lumbar spine BMD	-2.360	0.174	-0.399	0.779
Femoral neck BMD	-1.378	0.511	-0.106	0.953
Trochanter BMD	-1.728	0.410	-0.822	0.646
Ward's triangle BMD	-2.138	0.196	0.275	0.846
Prevalent vertebral fractures	NA		0.396	0.361
Prevalent non-vertebral fractures	-0.090	0.851	NA
Currently smoking	0.036	0.876	0.161	0.443
Family history of fracture	-0.538	0.330	-0.647	0.184
Alcohol-beverages/week	-0.002	0.933	0.043	0.079
No. of falls	0.691	0.002	0.561	0.006
Calcium intake-mg/d	0.001	0.028	0.000	0.600
Exercise-min/week	-0.000	0.683	-0.001	0.484
Etidronate use	0.259	0.574	-0.180	0.665
Alendronate use	0.589	0.038	0.036	0.891
Fluoride use	NA		NA
Raloxifene use	NA		NA
Hormone replacement use	NA		NA
Corticosteroids use	-0.479	0.286	0.000	1.000
Calcium supplement use	-0.014	0.972	-0.370	0.279
Vitamin D supplement use	0.010	0.977	0.000	1.000
Lung disease^a	-0.921	0.315	0.000	1.000
Liver disease^b	1.205	0.276	1.051	0.292
Thyroid disease^c	NA		NA
Cancer^d	NA		NA
Visual impairment	-0.257	0.810	1.635	0.082
Osteoporosis	1.003	0.046	0.113	0.809
Inflammatory bowel disease	-0.517	0.480	0.000	1.000
Epilepsy	-0.897	0.419	-1.051	0.292
Coronary disease	-0.875	0.574	0.000	1.000
Cerebrovascular disease	3.225	0.033	3.075	0.024
Rheumatoid arthritis	NA		NA
Diabetes	NA		NA
Kidney failure	NA		NA

* BMD= bone mineral density, NA= not available. ^a Lung disease includes asthma, chronic bronchitis and other lung diseases. ^b Liver disease includes cirrhosis, hepatitis and cholangitis. ^c Thyroid disease includes hyper, hypo, nodule, and other. ^d Cancer includes breast, ovaries, cervix, uterus and colon.