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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 20.
Published in final edited form as: Bone. 2012 Sep 3;51(6):975–980. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2012.08.130

Table 4.

Percentages of women receiving AOM by diagnosis (osteoporosis, osteopenia, or neither) and fracture risk factors.

n Low risk High risk

Osteopenia (n=745) Osteoporosis (n=252) Neither (n=2016) Osteopenia (n=839) Osteoporosis (n=1321) Neither (n=1539)
Total 6538 28.7 62.4 1.6 39.5 65.4 7.6
Education
 High school or less 1751 28.9 51.0 2.4 35.4 60.5 8.5
 More than high school 4711 28.7 65.3 1.4 40.7 68.3 6.9
Race
 White 5920 28.5 62.7 1.3 39.8 66.4 7.4
 Non-white 566 34.0 62.5 3.3 30.3 49.4 10.0
Number of comorbidities
 0 1410 30.7 68.7 2.5 46.2 76.1 10.6
 ≥1 4849 27.6 58.7 1.2 38.1 64.7 7.2
General health
 Excellent/very good/good 5649 29.4 61.4 1.6 40.3 69.7 7.6
 Fair/poor 843 13.8 70.0 1.4 37.0 50.5 8.3
Prescription drug coverage
 No 423 3.4 20.0 0.8 31.3 54.4 9.3
 Yes 6096 29.8 64.3 1.6 39.9 66.4 7.5
Concern about osteoporosis
 Very/somewhat 5683 28.9 63.3 1.8 39.9 65.4 9.1
 Not at all 836 21.7 20.0 0.5 30.8 69.8 2.8
Perceived fracture risk
 Same/lower than others 4944 24.8 56.0 1.5 37.8 61.0 7.3
 Higher than others 1510 42.3 70.4 4.1 43.7 69.6 9.3
Vitality score
 ≤median (62.5) 3578 23.3 54.5 1.1 36.0 61.3 6.2
 >median (62.5) 2939 32.8 69.5 2.1 43.9 72.5 9.6
Physical function score
 ≤median (85) 3087 23.7 51.6 1.9 37.1 62.9 7.5
 >median (85) 3433 30.0 66.1 1.5 42.7 70.5 7.8

Data are %.

AOM, anti-osteoporosis medication.