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. 2015 Jan 8;26(3):1203–1212. doi: 10.1007/s00198-014-2971-3

Table 2.

Effect of previous fracture and antiresorptive use on fractures following initiation of teriparatide on patients that were persistent and nonpersistent with teriparatide

Fracture patients Non-fracture patients p value Overall
N = 1527 N = 9880 N = 11,407
N value Percent N value Percent N value Percent
Persistent with teriparatide 623 40.8 4835 48.9 <0.001 5458 47.8
 Patients with baseline fracture 234 37.6 1132 23.4 <0.001 1366 25.0
  And with baseline antiresorptive use 174 27.9 777 16.1 <0.001 951 17.4
  And without baseline antiresorptive use 60 9.6 355 7.3 0.514 415 7.6
 Patients without baseline fracture 389 62.4 3703 76.6 <0.001 4092 75.0
  And with baseline antiresorptive use 264 42.4 2534 52.4 <0.001 2798 51.3
  And without baseline antiresorptive use 125 20.1 1169 24.2 <0.001 1294 23.7
Nonpersistent with teriparatide 904 59.2 5045 51.1 <0.001 5949 52.2
 Patients with baseline fracture 310 34.3 1244 24.7 <0.001 1554 26.1
  And with baseline antiresorptive use 194 21.5 787 15.6 <0.001 981 16.5
  And without baseline antiresorptive use 116 12.8 457 9.1 <0.001 573 9.6
 Patients without baseline fracture 594 65.7 3801 75.3 0.749 4395 73.9
  And with baseline antiresorptive use 371 41.0 2204 43.7 0.084 2575 43.3
  And without baseline antiresorptive use 223 24.7 1597 31.7 0.121 1820 30.6
Total 1527 100.0 9880 100.0 11,407 100.0
 Patients with baseline fracture 544 35.6 2376 24.0 <0.001 2920 25.6
  And with baseline antiresorptive use 368 24.1 1564 15.8 <0.001 1932 16.9
  And without baseline antiresorptive use 176 11.5 812 8.2 <0.001 988 8.7
 Patients without baseline fracture 983 64.4 7504 76.0 <0.001 8487 74.4
  And with baseline antiresorptive use 635 41.6 4738 48.0 <0.001 5373 47.1
  And without baseline antiresorptive use 348 22.8 2766 28.0 <0.001 3114 27.3

The italicized values denote p < 0.001