. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Rheumatol. 2011 May 15;38(8):1680–1688. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.101196

Table 4.

The Risk of Fracture by Arthritis Group

	No Arthritis (n=83,295)	OA (n=63,402)		RA (n=960)

		HR (95% CI)	p-value	HR (95% CI)	p-value
Any Fracture (n=24,137)	Ref.	1.09 (1.05, 1.13)	<0.001	1.49 (1.26, 1.75)	<0.001
Spine (n=2,559)	Ref.	1.17 (1.05, 1.29)	0.004	1.93 (1.29, 2.90)	0.001
Hip (n=1,698)	Ref.	1.11 (0.98, 1.25)	0.105	3.03 (2.03, 4.51)	<0.001

Adjusted for age; race; BMI; physical activity; assignment in the HT trial, DM trial, and CaD trial; hospitalizations; falls; smoking ; hormone use; parental fracture >age 40; calcium & vitamin D intake; depression score; years since menopause; diabetic treatments; osteoporosis medication; general health score; fracture >55; and joint replacements

OA: Osteoarthritis

RA: Rheumatoid arthritis