Table 4.

Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for developing major osteoporotic fractures and mortality

		Quartile 1 (n = 75)	Quartile 2 (n = 75)	Quartile 3 (n = 75)	Quartile 4 (n = 75)	p for trend
Major osteoporotic fractures
N (%)		2 (2.67)	5 (6.67)	5 (6.67)	3 (4.00)
M1		Reference	3.00 (0.58–15.48)	3.24 (0.62–16.88)	2.42 (0.40–14.72)	0.326
M2		Reference	3.28 (0.57–18.82)	3.54 (0.64–19.50)	0.85 (0.11–6.44)	0.941
M3		Reference	3.53 (0.60–20.68)	3.92 (0.71–21.65)	0.81 (0.10–6.90)	0.864
M4		Reference	2.56 (0.42–15.62)	8.24 (1.01–67.31)	0.85 (0.06–12.00)	0.680
Mortality
N (%)		43 (63.24)	43 (65.15)	54 (79.41)	65 (94.20)
M1		Reference	1.16 (0.76–1.78)	1.86 (1.25–2.79)	3.33 (2.25–4.93)	< 0.001
M2		Reference	1.05 (0.68–1.61)	1.76 (1.17–2.65)	1.98 (1.28–3.06)	< 0.001
M3		Reference	1.08 (0.70–1.67)	1.80 (1.19–2.72)	2.04 (1.31–3.19)	< 0.001
M4		Reference	1.08 (0.69–1.68)	1.76 (1.13–2.72)	1.98 (1.25–3.14)	0.001

M1, unadjusted; M2, age-, race-, and site-adjusted; M3, M2 +  + BMI and PASE; M4, M3 + CRP, IL-1β, IL-6, and TNFα