Table 3 Baseline fracture risk factors between patients for ‘major osteoporotic fracture’

Age (SD)

61.6 (9.4)

56.8 (8.0)

<0.001

[2.9–6.6]

Age > 65 years (%)

39.8

17.4

<0.001

[12.9–31.9]

2.77 ^a

[1.9–4.0]

BMI (SD)

27.6 (4.6)

28.0 (4.7)

0.518

ns

-

-

BMI < 20 (%)

5.6

2.3

0.036

[1.1–7.7]

2.27 ^b

[1.1–4.4]

Previous fracture (%)

42.6

19.5

<0.001

[13.5–32.7]

2.72

[1.9–3.9]

Parental hip fracture (%)

15.7

14.1

0.637

ns

1.13

[0.7–1.8]

Smoker (%)

9.3

11.7

0.452

ns

0.79

[0.4–1.4]

Alcohol risk (%)

0.9

0.7

0.541

ns

1.35

[0.2–5.4]

Corticoids (%)

8.3

4.7

0.093

ns

1.74

[0.9–3.2]

Rheumatoid arthritis (%)

2.8

1.0

0.120

ns

2.46

[0.9–5.7]

Falls previous year (%)

34.3

22.3

0.005

[2.7–21.3]

1.71

[1.2–2.5]

Osteoporosis (baseline DXA) (%)

51.9

26.1

<0.001

[16.1–33.6]

6.07 ^c

[2.9–12.9]

Osteopenia (baseline DXA) (%)

41.7

49.9

0.103

ns

2.95 ^d

[1.4–6.4]

Normal (baseline DXA) (%)

6.5

24.0

<0.001

[12.3–22.7]

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