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Table 3 Association between health status and behavior variables 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

SF-12v2 score

    

   Physical summary

1.02

1.01

1.03

< .001

   Mental summary

1.00

0.99

1.01

.76

Exercise in past month, d

1.00

0.99

1.01

.74

Years since diagnosis

1.00

0.98

1.01

.58

BMD testing

3.37

2.32

4.88

< .001

Postmenopausal

1.22

1.01

1.46

.04

Hysterectomy with oophorectomy

0.98

0.83

1.15

.78

Comorbidity index score

0.92

0.86

0.98

.02

Number of prescription medications currently using for conditions other than osteoporosis

1.07

1.04

1.09

< .001

Back pain

0.92

0.77

1.11

.40

Osteoarthritis

0.69

0.59

0.81

< .001

Anxiety

0.63

0.51

0.78

< .001

Depression

1.03

0.82

1.30

.77

Disabled

1.29

0.93

1.78

.13

Hospitalized (past 6 months)

1.10

0.86

1.39

.45

Provider visits by type

    

   PCP

1.05

0.77

1.41

.77

   Endocrinologist

1.11

0.79

1.56

.55

   Gynecologist

1.31

1.05

1.63

.02

   Nurse practitioner

1.00

0.80

1.25

> .99

   Orthopedist

1.00

0.78

1.28

> .99

   Rheumatologist

1.40

1.05

1.86

.02

Provider visits by number

    

   0

reference

   

   1-2

1.69

1.13

2.52

.01

   3-6

1.38

0.88

2.17

.16

   ≥ 7

1.41

0.82

2.42

.22

  1. Abbreviations: d = days; PCP = primary care provider; SF-12v2 = Short Form-12, version 2.0.
  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.