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Table 2 Multivariable Cox regression analysis of the hazard ratios for adjacent fracture

From: Can anti-osteoporotic therapy reduce adjacent fracture in magnetic resonance imaging-proven acute osteoporotic vertebral fractures?

Variables

Regression coefficient

SE

Wald

p value

HR (95 % CI)

Age

0.048

0.021

5.471

0.019

1.049 (1.008–1.093)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

−0.055

0.036

2.344

0.126

0.946 (0.882–1.016)

Sex

−0.595

0.515

1.335

0.248

0.551 (0.201–1.513)

Smoking

1.359

0.611

4.943

0.026

3.891 (1.175–12.890)

Alcohol consumption

−13.295

383.923

0.001

0.972

0.00 (0.000)

Rheumatoid arthritis

1.238

0.634

3.817

0.051

3.448 (0.996–11.938)

Diabetes mellitus

0.262

0.300

0.762

0.383

1.298 (0.722–2.337)

Hypertension

−0.334

0.255

1.709

0.191

0.716 (0.434–1.181)

Diseases

     

 Cardiovascular

−12.071

442.926

0.001

0.978

0.000 (0.000)

 Pulmonary

−0.159

0.552

0.082

0.774

0.853 (0.289–2.519)

 Liver

−0.175

0.735

0.057

0.811

0.839 (0.199–3.547)

Glucocorticoid use

−0.304

0.442

0.472

0.492

0.737 (0.310–1.756)

Anti-osteoporotic therapy

0.759

0.279

7.426

0.006

2.137 (1.238–3.690)

  1. Abbreviations: HR hazard ratio; SE standard error