Table 2.
Effect of Patient Race and Socioeconomic Characteristics on Receipt of Bone Density Testing Among Women with Hip Fracture (Adjusted)
| Patient characteristic | Adjusted relative risk for receipt of bone density test | |
|---|---|---|
| Before fracture* | After fracture† | |
| Race/ethnicity | ||
| White | – | – |
| Black | 0.52 (0.43, 0.62) | 0.66 (0.50, 0.88) |
| Hispanic | 0.66 (0.54, 0.80) | 0.58 (0.39, 0.87) |
| Median per capita income in zip code ($) | ||
| ≥$24,720 | – | – |
| $18,543–24,719 | 0.91 (0.86, 0.97) | 1.00 (0.89, 1.13) |
| ≤$18,542 | 0.79 (0.73, 0.85) | 0.95 (0.82, 1.09) |
| High school graduates residing in zip code (%) | ||
| ≥86.9% | – | – |
| 79.4–86.8% | 0.93 (0.88, 0.99) | 0.99 (0.88, 1.12) |
| ≤79.3% | 0.90 (0.84, 0.97) | 0.88 (0.76, 1.02) |
| Age (years) | ||
| 67–72 | – | – |
| 73–78 | 0.89 (0.83, 0.96) | 0.78 (0.69, 0.89) |
| 79–84 | 0.71 (0.66, 0.76) | 0.57 (0.51, 0.66) |
| 85–90 | 0.51 (0.47, 0.55) | 0.35 (0.30, 0.41) |
| State of residence | ||
| Florida | – | – |
| Illinois | 0.56 (0.53, 0.59) | 0.80 (0.73, 0.89) |
| New York | 0.76 (0.72, 0.79) | 0.69 (0.63, 0.76) |
| Modified Charlson–Deyo score | ||
| 0 | – | – |
| 1 | 1.03 (0.98, 1.08) | 0.84 (0.75, 0.93) |
| 2 or more | 0.99 (0.93, 1.04) | 0.78 (0.70, 0.88) |
*Among all women in the cohort in the 24 months before fracture
†During the 6 months after fracture (among the 28,292 women who were not tested in the 24 months before the fracture)