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

Table 4.

Associations between Incident Wrist Fracture and Subsequent Fracture

Wrist Fracture

No Yes

Total N Event HR (95% CI)

Any non-wrist fracture
Crude 160,930 33,979 1 (ref) 1.54 (1.46–1.62)
Model 1§§ 159,118 33,596 1 (ref) 1.40 (1.33–1.48)
Model 2*** 139,790 29,540 1 (ref) 1.40 (1.32–1.49)
Model 3††† 136,017 28,790 1 (ref) 1.37 (1.29–1.46)

Spine Fracture
Crude 160,930 5,373 1 (ref) 1.75 (1.57–1.96)
Model 1 159,118 5,301 1 (ref) 1.48 (1.32–1.66)
Model 2 139,790 4,658 1 (ref) 1.51 (1.34–1.70)
Model 3 136,017 4,544 1 (ref) 1.46 (1.29–1.65)

Humerus Fracture
Crude 160,930 4,361 1 (ref) 1.99 (1.76–2.26)
Model 1 159,118 4,309 1 (ref) 1.78 (1.57–2.02)
Model 2 139,790 3,793 1 (ref) 1.72 (1.50–1.96)
Model 3 136,017 3,676 1 (ref) 1.67 (1.46–1.92)

Upper extremity (non-wrist) fracture‡‡‡
Crude 160,930 7,312 1 (ref) 2.06 (1.87–2.27)
Model 1 159,118 7,228 1 (ref) 1.88 (1.70–2.07)
Model 2 139,790 6,360 1 (ref) 1.85 (1.67–2.06)
Model 3 136,017 6,184 1 (ref) 1.80 (1.62–2.01)

Lower extremity Fracture§§§
Crude 160,930 15,034 1 (ref) 1.41 (1.30–1.53)
Model 1 159,118 14,867 1 (ref) 1.36 (1.26–1.48)
Model 2 139,790 13,051 1 (ref) 1.35 (1.24–1.48)
Model 3 136,017 12,718 1 (ref) 1.30 (1.19–1.43)

Hip fracture
Crude 160,930 3,836 1 (ref) 1.97 (1.73–2.24)
Model 1 159,118 3,801 1 (ref) 1.50 (1.32–1.71)
Model 2 139,790 3,291 1 (ref) 1.51 (1.31–1.74)
Model 3 136,017 3,186 1 (ref) 1.48 (1.28–1.71)
§§

Model 1 adjusted for age, race, and BMI

***

Model 2 is adjusted for covariates in Model 1 plus education, income, cigarette smoking status, pack-years of cigarette smoking, total metabolic equivalent of task hours/week, dietary calcium intake, calcium supplement intake, dietary vitamin D intake, vitamin D supplement intake, WHI-Hormone Therapy Trials treatment assignment, and WHI Dietary Modification Trial treatment assignment

†††

Model 3 is adjusted for covariates in Model 2 plus number of falls, alcohol intake, history of cancer, and physical function score

‡‡‡

Includes elbow, hand, upper arm/humerus, and shoulder fractures, excludes finger fractures

§§§

Includes foot, knee/patella, upper leg, and lower leg/ankle fractures, excludes hip fractures