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. 2009 Oct 6;21(7):1181–1187. doi: 10.1007/s00198-009-1050-7

Table 2.

Incidence of VTE in non-osteoporotic women versus untreated osteoporotic patients

  Non-osteoporotic cohort (N = 115,009) Untreated osteoporotic patients (N = 11,546)
Patients with VTE (N) 767 61
Annual incidence (per 1,000 PY) 3.2 5.6
Relative risk (95% CI) 1.75 (1.09–1.84)
Adjusted model on agea
 HR (SE) 1.43 (0.13)
 95% CI 1.10–1.86
 p value 0.007
Fully adjusted modelb
 HR (SE) 1.38 (0.15)
 95% CI 1.03–1.86
 p value 0.030

VTE venous thromboembolism (including deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, or retinal vein thrombosis), CI confidence interval, HR hazard ratio, SE standard error; PY patients–years

aHR between groups based on a Cox proportional hazards regression model adjusted on age

bHR between groups based on a Cox proportional hazards regression model fully adjusted for all confounders described in the Methods section (final regression model by backward selection)