BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Table 3 Associations between Vitamin D and Osteoporosis

From: Free vitamin D correlate better with bone mineral density and thoracolumbar junction osteoporotic vertebral fractures than serum vitamin D

Dependent variables:	Total 25(OH)D		Free 25(OH)D
Dependent variables:	Adjusted Odd ratio(95% CI)^a	p value	Adjusted Odd ratio(95% CI)^a	p value
Lumbar osteoporotic	0.963(0.906, 1.023)	0.218	0.550(0.349, 0.867)	0.010^*
Femur neck osteoporotic	0.986 (0.940, 1.034)	0.554	0.915 (0.684, 1.223)	0.547
HIP osteoporotic	0.971 (0.925, 1.021)	0.251	0.942 (0.706, 1.255)	0.682
Any site osteoporotic	0.948 (0.883, 1.017)	0.138	0.578 (0.346, 0.966)	0.036^*

CI Confidence interval
^a multivariate logistic model: adjusted for age, gender, BMI
^*means statistically significant values (p < 0.05)

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