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. 2012 Jun;50(6):1394–1400. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2012.03.014

Table 2.

Effect of adjustment for various factors on the relative risks of ankle, wrist, and hip fractures in post-menopausal women by BMI and physical activity.


Ankle fracture
Wrist fracture
Hip fracture
Population at risk n = 1,155,304 Incident cases n = 6807 Minimally adjusted b Fully adjusted c RR (95% FCI a) Incident cases n = 9733 Minimally adjusted b Fully adjusted c RR (95% FCI a) Incident cases n = 5267 Minimally adjusted b Fully adjusted c RR (95% FCI a)
BMI (kg/m2) (Mean measured)
 < 20.0 (20.4) 41,818 109 1.00 1.00 (0.83–1.21) 442 1.00 1.00 (0.91–1.10) 497 1.00 1.00 (0.91–1.09)
 20.0–22.4 (22.6) 180,331 660 1.39 1.41 (1.30–1.52) 1800 0.94 0.94 (0.90–0.99) 1168 0.56 0.62 (0.58–0.66)
 22.5–24.9 (25.2) 313,534 1620 1.93 1.98 (1.89–2.08) 2892 0.84 0.85 (0.82–0.88) 1451 0.38 0.44 (0.42–0.46)
 25.0–27.4 (27.7) 251,549 1614 2.37 2.47 (2.35–2.59) 2079 0.73 0.74 (0.71–0.77) 1032 0.32 0.37 (0.35–0.39)
 27.5–29.9 (30.2) 162,477 1204 2.72 2.87 (1.71–3.04) 1224 0.66 0.67 (0.63–0.71) 543 0.26 0.28 (0.26–0.31)
 30 + (34.5) 205,595 1600 2.90 3.09 (2.94–3.26) 1296 0.56 0.57 (0.54–0.60) 576 0.22 0.23 (0.21–0.25)
 P-value (trend) <.001 <.001 <.001
Strenuous exercise
 Rarely/never (inactive) 553,040 3295 1.00 1.00 (0.96–1.04) 4654 1.00 1.00 (0.97–1.03) 3149 1.00 1.00 (0.96–1.04)
 At most once per week 356,539 2068 1.00 1.03 (0.99–1.08) 2910 1.03 0.98 (0.94–1.01) 1292 0.72 0.74 (0.70–0.79)
 More than once per week 245,725 1444 1.01 1.06 (1.01–1.12) 2169 1.10 1.02 (0.98–1.07) 826 0.65 0.63 (0.59–0.67)
 P-value (trend) .05 .61 <.001
Any exercise n = 1,045,666 n = 6094 n = 8737 n = 4606
 Rarely/never (inactive) 221,077 1293 1.00 1.00 (0.95–1.06) 1823 1.00 1.00 (0.95–1.05) 1252 1.00 1.00 (0.94–1.06)
 At most once per week 251,069 1425 1.00 1.01 (0.96–1.07) 1952 0.99 0.95 (0.91–0.99) 937 0.73 0.78 (0.74–0.84)
 2–3 times per week 248,279 1395 0.96 1.00 (0.95–1.06) 2088 1.01 0.94 (0.90–0.98) 912 0.65 0.67 (0.63–0.72)
 More than 3 times per week 325,241 1981 1.02 1.11 (1.06–1.16) 2874 1.05 0.94 (0.91–0.98) 1505 0.78 0.72 (0.68–0.76)
 P-value (trend) .004 .08 <.001
a

FCI = floating confidence interval.

b

Adjusted for study region, age, and socio-economic status.

c

Adjusted for study region, age, socio-economic status, smoking, alcohol consumption, parity, use of hormone therapy, height, heart disease/thrombosis, diabetes mellitus, thyroid disease, rheumatoid arthritis/osteoarthritis, and strenuous activity (for adjustment of BMI) or BMI (for adjustment of physical activity).