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. 2012 Aug 6;345:e5085. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e5085

Table 4.

 Risk of any fracture in bariatric surgery patients, by excess body mass index change during follow-up

Any fracture (no (%)) Crude relative risk (95% CI)* Adjusted relative risk (95% CI)†
Any fracture after bariatric surgery 38 (1.8)
Excess loss in body mass index
 <0% 1 (0.0) 0.31 (0.04 to 2.49) 0.32 (0.04 to 2.57)
 0-50% 9 (0.4) Reference Reference
 >50% 8 (0.4) 1.58 (0.61 to 4.11) 1.46 (0.55 to 3.85)
 Unknown 20 (1.0) 0.56 (0.25 to 1.25) 0.51 (0.23 to 1.15)

*Adjusted for age, sex, and most recent record of body mass index before the index date.

†Adjusted for confounders as shown in table 2.