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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Osteoporos Int. 2013 Jul 25;25(1):10.1007/s00198-013-2438-y. doi: 10.1007/s00198-013-2438-y

Table 3.

Self-perceived fracture risk according to reported morbidities at study baseline

n
(42832)
Self-perceived fracture risk, n (%)
Much or a little
lower
(n=15414)
About the
same
(n=19915)
Much or a
little higher
(n=7582)
No morbidities 5973 2572 (43) 2709 (45) 692 (12)
Osteoarthritis 16671 5223 (31) 7527 (45) 3921 (24)
Rheumatoid arthritis 336 54 (16) 155 (46) 127 (38)
Parkinson’s disease 220 56 (25) 95 (43) 69 (31)
Multiple sclerosis 267 64 (24) 94 (35) 109 (41)
Cerebrovascular event 1531 450 (29) 674 (44) 407 (27)
Inflammatory bowel disease 769 223 (29) 338 (44) 208 (27)
Celiac disease 270 62 (23) 108 (40) 100 (37)
Type 1 diabetes mellitus 1353 414 (31) 635 (47) 304 (22)
Hypertension 21131 7423 (35) 9986 (47) 3722 (18)
Hypercholesterolemia 21496 7429 (35) 10112 (47) 3955 (18)
Ischemic heart disease 5845 1804 (31) 2675 (46) 1366 (23)
COPD 3326 954 (29) 1525 (46) 847 (25)
Asthma 4790 1500 (31) 2212 (46) 1078 (23)
Cancer 6057 2014 (33) 2754 (45) 1289 (21)

Row percentages shown

COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease