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

Table 5.

Fracture hazard ratios by instantaneous PDC

Fracture type
All sites Hip Nonhip Humerus Vertebral Nonvertebral Distal forearm
Unadjusted hazard ratios
 Instantaneous PDC
  0–19% Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
  20–39% 0.87 (0.64–1.18) 0.87 (0.51–1.48) 0.91 (0.64–1.29) 1.07 (0.50–2.29) 1.02 (0.64–1.64) 0.87 (0.60–1.25) 0.75 (0.35–1.59)
  40–59% 0.80 (0.65–0.98) 0.68 (0.46–0.99) 0.83 (0.66–1.05) 0.36 (0.16–0.81) 0.90 (0.65–1.24) 0.73 (0.57–0.94) 0.76 (0.47–1.22)
  60–79% 0.83 (0.68–1.01) 0.78 (0.54–1.11) 0.87 (0.70–1.09) 0.82 (0.47–1.42) 0.80 (0.58–1.12) 0.89 (0.71–1.12) 0.86 (0.55–1.34)
  80–100% 0.78 (0.71–0.86) 0.75 (0.63–0.88) 0.79 (0.71–0.88) 0.72 (0.56–0.95) 0.66 (0.56–0.78) 0.82 (0.73–0.92) 0.88 (0.71–1.09)
Multivariate adjusted hazard ratiosa
 Instantaneous PDC
  0–19% Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent Referent
  20–39% 0.91 (0.67–1.23) 0.92 (0.54–1.56) 0.95 (0.67–1.34) 1.11 (0.52–2.37) 1.07 (0.67–1.72) 0.90 (0.63–1.30) 0.77 (0.36–1.64)
  40–59% 0.84 (0.69–1.04) 0.73 (0.50–1.08) 0.87 (0.69–1.10) 0.37 (0.16–0.85) 0.96 (0.70–1.32) 0.77 (0.60–0.99) 0.77 (0.48–1.25)
  60–79% 0.87 (0.72–1.07) 0.83 (0.58–1.19) 0.92 (0.73–1.15) 0.86 (0.49–1.48) 0.87 (0.62–1.21) 0.93 (0.74–1.17) 0.87 (0.56–1.37)
  80–100% 0.83 (0.75–0.91) 0.80 (0.67–0.94) 0.84 (0.75–0.94) 0.75 (0.57–0.98) 0.72 (0.61–0.85) 0.85 (0.76–0.96) 0.90 (0.72–1.11)

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.