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Table 2 Association between risk factors for fracture and prescription treatment of osteoporosis/osteopenia

From: Factors associated with treatment of women with osteoporosis or osteopenia from a national survey

  

95% Confidence Interval

 
 

Odds Ratio

Low

High

P value

Age cohort (y)

    

   40-55

Reference

   

   55-64

1.33

0.98

1.79

.07

   65-74

1.43

1.05

1.94

.02

   ≥ 75

1.17

0.79

1.72

.44

Fracture history

    

   0

Reference

   

   1

1.02

0.82

1.26

.86

   ≥ 2

1.50

1.19

1.88

.001

Osteoporosis (vs. osteopenia)

2.08

1.75

2.47

< .001

BMI

0.98

0.97

0.99

.003

Family history of osteoporosis

1.22

1.05

1.42

.01

Glucocorticoid use

0.84

0.60

1.18

.32

Tobacco use

0.84

0.69

1.02

.08

Daily alcohol use

0.87

0.63

1.20

.39

  1. Abbreviations: BMD = bone mineral density; BMI = body mass index.
  2. Variables listed in Tables 2, 3, and 4 were all included in the same regression model but are presented separately to highlight the 3 different groups of factors.