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

Table 4. Factors associated with ⩾2 vertebral fractures.

  Odds ratio 95% Confidence interval P-value
Univariate analysis
 Age 1.05 1–1.10 0.033
 Sex 1.06 0.39–2.88 0.900
 BMI 1.11 1.01–1.23 0.026
 Low BMD (T-score <−2.5) 3.57 1.25–10.19 0.017
 IgM vs IgG and IgA 1.87 0.68–5.09 0.220
 IgG vs IgM and IgA 0.48 0.17–1.36 0.170
 IgA vs IgG and IgM 1.15 0.24–5.42 0.860
 Lambda vs kappa 4.65 1.64–13.23 0.004
       
Multivariate analysis
 Age 1.05 0.29–3.13 0.086
 Sex 0.86 0.26–2.80 0.800
 BMI 1.15 1.03–1.29 0.014
 Low BMD 4.11 1.20–14.08 0.025
 Heavy chain isotype 1.59 0.63–4.00 0.320
 Lambda vs kappa 6.09 1.77–20.92 0.004

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