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. 2015 Aug 28;5(8):e345. doi: 10.1038/bcj.2015.71

Table 3. Factors associated with vertebral fracture in 201 patients.

  Odds ratio 95% Confidence interval P-value
Univariate analysis
 Age 1.07 1.03–1.11 0.001
 Sex 1.13 0.55–2.32 0.730
 BMI 1.02 0.95–1.10 0.560
 Low BMD (T-score <−2.5) 4.19 1.85–9.50 0.001
 IgM vs IgG and IgA 1.92 0.93–3.97 0.078
 IgG vs IgM and IgA 0.67 0.32–1.37 0.270
 IgA vs IgG and IgM 0.43 0.10–1.95 0.270
 Lambda vs kappa 2.51 1.21–5.24 0.014
       
Multivariate analysis
 Age 1.07 1.03–1.12 0.002
 Sex 1.08 0.45–2.58 0.860
 BMI 1.03 0.94–1.13 0.470
 Low BMD 3.65 1.44–9.26 0.006
 Heavy chain isotype 1.67 0.87–3.19 0.120
 Lambda vs kappa 4.32 1.80–11.16 0.002

Abbreviations: BMD, bone mineral density; BMI, body mass index; Ig, immunoglobulin.