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. 2023 Jul 8;129(4):665–671. doi: 10.1038/s41416-023-02353-4

Table 3.

Incidence rate per 100 person-years with 95% confidence intervals of bone mineral density testing in subgroup of patients with cancer and non-cancer controls who developed an incident fracture.

0–1 year post fracture 1–2 years post fracture 2–3 years post fracture 3–5 years post fracture
All cancer
  Cancer 3.04 (2.90, 3.19) n = 7745 1.61 (1.50, 1.71) n = 6819 1.23 (1.13, 1.32) n = 6513 1.47 (1.37, 1.58) n = 5914
  Non-cancer control 2.66 (2.54, 2.79) n = 7745 1.07 (0.99, 1.15) n = 7583 0.95 (0.88, 1.03) n = 7472 1.07 (0.97, 1.13) n = 7192
Solid cancer
  Solid cancer 3.11 (3.08, 3.39) n = 6558 1.65 (1.53, 1.77) n = 5770 1.25 (1.15, 1.36) n = 5513 1.52 (1.40, 1.64) n = 5016
  Non-cancer control 2.69 (2.53, 2.81) n = 6558 1.10 (1.01, 1.19) n = 6431 0.95 (0.87, 1.04) n = 6341 1.09 (1.00, 1.18) n = 6107
Haematologic cancer
  Haematologic cancer 2.68 (2.31, 3.04) n = 1170 1.23 (0.98, 1.47) n = 1036 0.96 (0.74, 1.18) n = 989 1.15 (0.90, 1.40) n = 895
  Non-cancer control 2.47 (2.15, 2.79) n = 1170 0.84 (0.65, 1.03) n = 1144 0.90 (0.71, 1.09) n = 1121 0.88 (0.69, 1.08) n = 1069