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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Bone Miner Res. 2015 Jun 12;30(11):2086–2095. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.2559

Table 2.

Absolute risks of fracture overall, before wrist fracture, and after wrist fracture (rates per 1000 person years [95% confidence interval]), stratified by current age

Non-wrist Fractures Spine Fractures Humerus Fractures Upper Extremity Fractures Lower Extremity Fractures Hip Fractures

Age Overall** Prior Wrist Fracture Overall Prior Wrist Fracture Overall Prior Wrist Fracture Overall Prior Wrist Fracture Overall Prior Wrist Fracture Overall Prior Wrist Fracture
No†† Yes‡‡ No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
All 19.9
(19.6, 20.1)
19.5
(19.3,19.7)
36.0
(34.0, 37.9)
2.9
(2.8–2.9)
2.8
(2.7,2.8)
6.5
(5.8,7.2)
2.3
(2.3,2.4)
2.2
(2.2,2.3)
5.5
(4.8,6.1)
3.9
(3.8,4.0)
3.8
(3.7,3.9)
9.3
(8.4,10.1)
8.3
(8.2,8.4)
8.2
(8.1,8.3)
12.8
(11.8,13.8)
2.0
(2.0,2.1)
2.0
(1.9,2.0)
4.9
(4.3,5.5)
< 60 11.9
(11.4,12.3)
11.8
(11.3,12.2)
26.6
(19.0, 34.1)
0.7
(0.6,0.8)
0.7
(0.6,0.8)
0.9
(−0.4,2.2)
0.9
(0.8,1.0)
0.9
(0.8,1.0)
1.4
(−0.2,3.0)
2.0
(1.8,2.1)
1.9
(1.8,2.1)
5.4
(2.2,8.7)
7.3
(7.0,7.6)
7.2
(6.9,7.6)
13.0
(8.0,17.9)
0.3
(0.2,0.3)
0.3
(0.2,0.3)
0.5
(0,1.4)
60–69 16.1
(15.8,16.4)
15.9
(15.6,16.2)
28.1
(25.1, 31.1)
1.6
(1.6,1.7)
1.6
(1.5,1.7)
3.6
(2.7,4.6)
1.6
(1.6,1.7)
1.6
(1.5,1.7)
4.5
(3.5,5.6)
3.2
(3.0,3.3)
3.0
(2.9,3.2)
8.5
(7.0,10.0)
8.0
(7.8,8.2)
7.9
(7.7,8.1)
12.3
(10.5,14.1)
0.7
(0.6,0.7)
0.7
(0.6,0.7)
1.2
(0.7,1.8)
70–79 23.2
(22.9,23.6)
22.8
(22.5, 23.2)
37.1
(34.2, 39.9)
3.8
(3.6,3.9)
3.7
(3.5,3.8)
6.3
(5.2,7.3)
3.0
(2.8,3.1)
2.9
(2.8,3.0)
5.4
(4.4,6.3)
4.7
(4.6,4.9)
4.6
(4.4,4.8)
9.2
(7.9,10.5)
8.6
(8.4,8.8)
8.4
(8.2,8.7)
13.0
(11.4,14.5)
2.6
(2.5,2.7)
2.5
(2.4,2.6)
4.7
(3.8,5.6)
80 or older 38.1
(37.1, 39.1)
37.5
(36.5, 38.6)
49.8
(44.4, 55.1)
7.9
(7.5,8.3)
7.6
(7.2,8.0)
12.5
(10.3,14.7)
4.8
(4.5,5.1)
4.6
(4.3,5.0)
7.9
(6.2,9.6)
7.0
(6.7,7.4)
6.8
(6.4,7.2)
11.4
(9.2,13.5)
10.2
(9.7,10.7)
10.0
(9.5,10.5)
13.2
(10.9,15.6)
8.5
(8.0,8.9)
8.3
(7.8,8.7)
11.9
(9.8,14.0)
**

Age-adjusted rate of fractures during follow-up (all participants).

††

Age-adjusted rate of fractures among women prior to incident wrist fracture during follow-up

‡‡

Age-adjusted rate of fractures among women after an incident wrist fracture during follow-up