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. 2010 May 5;95(7):3251–3259. doi: 10.1210/jc.2009-2778

Table 3.

Fracture hazard ratios by cumulative PDC

Fracture type
All sites Hip Nonhip Humerus Vertebral Nonvertebral Distal forearm
Unadjusted hazard ratios
 Cumulative PDC
  0–19% Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
  20–39% 0.84 (0.72–0.97) 0.80 (0.62–1.04) 0.90 (0.77–1.06) 0.52 (0.33–0.82) 0.94 (0.75–1.19) 0.80 (0.67–0.95) 1.22 (0.90–1.67)
  40–59% 0.81 (0.69–0.95) 0.78 (0.59–1.04) 0.83 (0.69–1.00) 0.60 (0.38–0.97) 0.77 (0.59–1.02) 0.86 (0.71–1.04) 0.91 (0.62–1.33)
  60–79% 0.82 (0.71–0.95) 0.72 (0.55–0.94) 0.83 (0.71–0.99) 0.67 (0.45–1.01) 0.82 (0.64–1.05) 0.79 (0.67–0.95) 0.91 (0.64–1.27)
  80–100% 0.74 (0.67–0.82) 0.72 (0.60–0.87) 0.76 (0.67–0.85) 0.56 (0.42–0.75) 0.67 (0.56–0.80) 0.76 (0.67–0.86) 0.94 (0.75–1.20)
Multivariate adjusted hazard ratiosa
 Cumulative PDC
  0–19% Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
  20–39% 0.84 (0.73–0.97) 0.82 (0.63–1.06) 0.90 (0.76–1.06) 0.52 (0.33–0.82) 0.94 (0.75–1.19) 0.80 (0.67–0.96) 1.22 (0.89–1.66)
  40–59% 0.83 (0.7–0.98) 0.81 (0.61–1.08) 0.85 (0.71–1.03) 0.61 (0.38–0.98) 0.81 (0.62–1.07) 0.88 (0.73–1.06) 0.92 (0.63–1.34)
  60–79% 0.86 (0.74–1.00) 0.76 (0.58–0.99) 0.87 (0.74–1.04) 0.69 (0.46–1.04) 0.88 (0.69–1.13) 0.82 (0.69–0.98) 0.92 (0.65–1.29)
  80–100% 0.78 (0.7–0.87) 0.77 (0.64–0.92) 0.80 (0.71–0.91) 0.57 (0.42–0.76) 0.74 (0.62–0.88) 0.79 (0.70–0.89) 0.95 (0.75–1.21)

The composite all-site outcome includes hip, nonhip femur, humerus, tibia/fibula, proximal forearm, distal forearm, clavicle/scapula, sternum, spine, and pelvis fractures. Hip fractures are excluded from the nonhip outcome, and vertebral fractures are excluded from the nonvertebral outcome. 

a

Estimates are adjusted for the covariates presented in Table 1.