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Table 2 Univariate associations between risk factors and one-year incident fractures for the full sample

From: Development and validation of the fracture risk scale home care (FRS-HC) that predicts one-year incident fracture: an electronic record-linked longitudinal cohort study

Characteristic:

Odds ratio (95% Confidence interval)

Age 70+ (REF = < 70)

3.5 (3.2 to 3.9)

Female (REF = female)

1.5 (1.4 to 1.6)

Unsteady gait (REF = steady gait)

1.6 (1.5 to 1.7)

Uses gait aid (REF = does not use gait aid)

1.5 (1.5 to 1.6)

Wandering (REF = no wandering)

2.5 (2.2 to 2.8)

Tobacco use (REF = no tobacco use)

1.0 (0.9 to 1.1)

Fall in last 180 days (REF = no fall)

1.6 (1.5 to 1.7)

Previous fracture in the last 180 days (REF = no fracture)

1.5 (1.4 to 1.6)

Dependent in transfers (REF = independent)

0.5 (0.4 to 0.6)

Ambulatory indoors with or without gait aid (REF = non-ambulatory)

1.3 (1.2 to 1.4)

Has cognitive impairment (CPS > 0) (REF = no cognitive impairment)

2.2 (2.0 to 2.3)