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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Bone Miner Res. 2012 Nov;27(11):2314–2324. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.1693

Table 3.

Hazard ratio (95% CI) for one standard deviation decrease in vBMD and cortical thickness (adjusted for age, BMI and study site)

Infero-medial Femoral Neck Medial Intertrochanter Medial Trochanter
Cortical vBMD 1.98 (1.26, 3.10) 2.28 (1.44, 3.63) 2.01 (1.26, 3.20)
p=0.0030 p=0.0005 p=0.0034
Trabecular vBMD 4.65 (2.64, 8.20) 2.33 (1.27, 4.26) 6.91 (3.11, 15.35)
p<0.0001 p=0.0060 p<0.0001
Integral vBMD 2.83 (1.71, 4.67) 2.17 (1.34, 3.53) 3.70 (2.04, 6.71)
p<0.0001 p=0.0017 p<0.0001
Cortical thickness 2.89 (1.65, 5.05) 3.18 (1.74, 5.81) 3.44 (1.70, 6.98)
p=0.0002 p=0.0002 p=0.0006

Supero-lateral Femoral Neck Lateral Intertrochanter Lateral Trochanter
Cortical vBMD 2.87 (1.55, 5.30) 3.45 (1.90, 6.26) 2.60 (1.44, 4.70)
p=0.0008 p<0.0001 p=0.0015
Trabecular vBMD 5.45 (2.85, 10.44) 2.80 (1.61, 4.84) 1.00 (0.64, 1.55)
p<0.0001 p=0.0002 p=0.9874
Integral vBMD 3.90 (2.12, 7.16) 2.71 (1.56, 4.71) 1.86 (0.96, 3.60)
p<0.0001 p=0.0004 p=0.0651
Cortical thickness 5.13 (1.91, 13.72) 3.68 (1.77, 7.66) 2.60(1.54, 4.38)
p=0.0011 p=0.0005 p=0.0004

Femoral Neck Intertrochanter Trochanter Total hip
Cortical vBMD 2.36 (1.46, 3.82) 3.09 (1.80, 5.30) 2.45 (1.45, 4.12) 2.61 (1.60, 4.27)
p=0.0005 p<0.0001 p=0.0008 p=0.0001
Trabecular vBMD 6.54 (3.35, 12.77) 4.02 (2.01, 8.05) 2.74 (1.43, 5.29) 4.92 (2.55, 9.50)
p<0.0001 P<0.0001 p=0.0025 p<0.0001
Integral vBMD 3.34 (1.95, 5.71) 2.86 (1.68, 4.86) 3.53 (1.87, 6.67) 3.23 (1.82, 5.72)
p<0.0001 p=0.0001 p=0.0001 p<0.0001
Cortical thickness 3.49 (1.82, 6.71) 3.67 (1.86, 7.25) 3.09 (1.69, 5.66) 2.54 (1.59, 4.05)
p=0.0002 p=0.0002 p=0.0003 p<0.0001
Cross section area 1.10 (0.76, 1.58) 1.07 (0.65, 1.74) 1.05 (0.65, 1.70)
p=0.6260 p=0.7901 p=0.8373
PMI 2.73 (1.43, 5.20) 2.35 (1.27, 4.33) 1.45 (0.94, 2.23)
p=0.0022 p=0.0063 p=0.0958

PMI: Polar moment of inertia.