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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Bone Miner Res. 2008 Jul;23(7):1012–1022. doi: 10.1359/jbmr.080303

Table 2.

Daily Dietary Intake for the Children in This Study

Children
without fractures
(n = 2499)
[N (%)]
Children
with fractures
(n = 193)
[N (%)]
p value for difference
between children
with and without
fractures
Crude OR for
fracture risk OR
(95% CI)
Adjusted OR
for fracture risk OR
(95% CI), p value*
Adjusted OR
for fracture risk
Adjusted OR
for fracture risk
Calcium intake
 1 (lowest) 619 (92.0) 54 (8.0) 0.231 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 2 636 (94.5) 37 (5.5) 0.67 (0.43, 1.03) 0.53 (0.33, 0.86) 0.53 (0.33, 0.85) 0.53 (0.33, 0.85)
 3 625 (92.9) 48 (7.1) 0.88 (0.59, 1.32) 0.65 (0.40, 1.05) 0.67 (0.41, 1.09) 0.65 (0.40, 1.06)
 4 (highest) 619 (92.0) 54 (8.0) 1.00 (0.68, 1.48)
OR test for trend:
1.02 (0.90, 1.17)
0.68 (0.39, 1.17)
OR test for trend:
0.90(0.75, 1.08)
0.68 (0.40, 1.18)
OR test for trend:
0.90 (0.76, 1.08)
0.67 (0.39, 1.16)
OR test for trend:
0.90 (0.75, 1.08)
Vitamin D intake
 1 (lowest) 622 (92.4) 51 (7.6) 0.105 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 2 637 (94.7) 36 (5.3) 0.69 (0.44, 1.07) 0.72 (0.46, 1.13) 0.72(0.45, 1.13) 0.71 (0.45, 1.11)
 3 614(91.2) 59 (8.8) 1.17 (0.79, 1.73) 1.11 (0.73, 1.69) 1.11 (0.72, 1.69) 1.10 (0.72, 1.68)
 4 (highest) 626 (93.0) 48 (7.0) 0.92(0.61, 1.8)
OR test for trend:
1.03 (0.90, 1.17)
0.84 (0.53, 1.33)
OR test for trend:
0.98 (0.84, 1.13)
0.82(0.51, 1.31)
OR test for trend:
0.97 (0.84, 1.13)
0.82 (0.52, 1.31)
OR test for trend:
0.97 (0.84, 1.13)
Energy intake
 1 (lowest) 634 (94.2) 39 (5.8) 0.293 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
 2 623 (92.6) 50 (7.4) 1.31 (0.85, 2.01) 1.59 (0.98, 2.56) 1.57 (0.98, 2.54) 1.62 (1.01, 2.60)
 3 626 (93.0) 47 (7.0) 1.22 (0.79, 1.89) 1.53 (0.89, 2.64) 1.51 (0.87, 2.62) 1.58 (0.91, 2.72)
 4 (highest) 616(91.5) 57 (8.5) 1.50 (0.99, 2.29)
OR test for trend:
1.12 (0.98, 1.28)
1.85 (1.01, 3.39)
OR test for trend:
1.19 (0.98, 1.44)
1.85 (1.01, 3.41)
OR test for trend:
1.19 (0.98, 1.44)
1.93 (1.05, 3.54)
OR test for trend:
1.20 (0.99, 1.45)

All dietary variables are divided into quartiles with 1 representing the lowest and 4 the highest. Number and percentage for children with and without fractures are given, along with crude and adjusted ORs for fracture risk. Statistically significant relationships are shown in bold.

*

Adjusted for all other variables in Tables 1-4.

Adjusted for all other variables in Tables 1-4 and estimated TBLH vBMD.

Adjusted for all other variables in Tables 1-4 and estimated TBLH bone size relative to body size.