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. 2013 Feb 20;3(2):e002084. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002084

Table 4.

Association of ever use of individual bisphosphonates with the risk of hip fracture

  Cases Controls Average duration Time since first prescription Model 1 Model 2
n (%) n (%) (days) (days) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Never use 1726 (85.9) 8838 (88.0) 1 (ref.) 1 (ref.)
Alendronate 128 (6.4) 598 (6.0) 599 (566) 956 (603) 1.10 (0.90 to 1.34) 0.99 (0.81 to 1.22)
Risedronate 95 (4.7) 438 (4.4) 508 (459) 822 (503) 1.12 (0.89 to 1.41) 1.02 (0.81 to 1.30)
Etidronate 19 (1.0) 63 (0.6) 818 (629) 1478 (746) 1.55 (0.92 to 2.59) 1.56 (0.91 to 2.65)
Ibandronate 7 (0.4) 9 (0.1) 161 (137) 239 (151) 4.18 (1.55 to 11.2) 3.67 (1.31 to 10.3)
Switcher 34 (1.7) 99 (1.0) 898 (676) 1397 (714) 1.80 (1.21 to 2.68) 1.63 (1.07 to 2.47)

Model 1: Conditional logistic regression model.

Model 2: Conditional logistic regression model adjusted for smoking, body mass index, and alcoholism, previous fracture, kidney disease, malabsorption, stroke, dementia, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, and thyroid disease, PPI (no use, ≤1 year, >1 year), anxiolytics, sedatives, antidepressants, antihypertensives, oral corticosteroids (no use, ≤1 year, >1 year), raloxifene, hormone replacement therapy and thiazolidinediones.