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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2010 May;62(5):719–724. doi: 10.1002/acr.20111

Table 1.

Characteristics of participants at fifth visit when their HR status was assessed: The Study of Osteoporotic Fractures 1995–1996

Characteristics Women not
reporting HR
(N=7074)a
Overall
(347 women)¥
Women reporting a HR
Confirmed
(280 women)&
False positives
(13 women),
Unconfirmed
(54 women),
Current age,
mean± std
78.8 ± 4.8 80.0 ± 5.2 79.5±4.8 *83.0 ± 6.1 *82.2 ±6.3
bEducation
≥ 12 years, n (%)
2751 (38.9) 152 (43.9) 130 (46.6) 5 (38.5) *17 (31.5)
Body Mass Index
(kg/cm2), mean± std
26.5 ± 4.8 26.6 ± 5.4 26.7 ± 5.5 25.8 ± 3.4 25.6 ± 3.7
History of OA, n
(%)
1260 (17.8) 119 (34.4) 100 (35.7) 4 (30.8) 15 (28.3)
Good vs. poor
Health, n (%)
5493 (77.7) 259 (74.6) 214 (76.4) 10 (76.9) 35 (64.8)
bHip Pain on most
days of the month,
n (%)
2155 (30.7) 199 (57.9) 166 (59.7) *4 (30.8) 29 (54.7)
Lower limb
disability (range 0–
15), mean ± std
2.1 ± 3.5 4.1 ± 4.6 3.6 ± 4.2 3.2 ± 4.3 **7.4 ± 5.7
Mini Mental Status,
mean ± std
24.2 ± 2.2 24.0 ± 2.4 24.1± 2.2 23.73 ± 1.7 23 ± 4.5
Live alone, n (%) 3556 (50.7) 186 (54.6) 156 (56.5) 6 (46.2) 25 (46.3)
SAQ completed by
Participant, n (%)
6820 (96.5) 328 (94.5) 275 (97.5) 14 (100) *42 (77.8)
Relative, friend
or staff, n (%)
135 (1.9) 13 (3.8) 2 (0.7) 0 11 (20.4)
Participant and
other, n (%)
115 (1.6) 6 (1.7) 5 (1.8) 0 1 (1.9)

p-values compared to women who reported a confirmed THR

*

p-value <0.05

**

p-values <0.0001

a

Includes 1305 women whose HR status could not be verified due to lack of medical records or pelvic x-rays.

b

assessed at baseline visit

¥

387 hips reported as having HR of which 40 were bilateral HR reports.

&

301 hips with confirmed HRs of which 21 were bilateral. Also includes an additional 9 women who reported a bilateral HR of which 1 had only a unilateral HR and 8 who’s HR on the other side could not be verified due to lack of medical records or pelvic x-rays.

14 hips reported as having HR but were false positive reports of which 1 bilateral HR was reported but had no HR on either hip.

No data available for HR verification in 63 hips reporting a HR of which 9 were bilateral HR reports