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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 31.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Rheum Dis. 2012 Jun 23;72(6):911–917. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201451

Table 3.

Fracture prevalence at baseline and incidence over 3 years, by fracture site, in osteoarthritis and non-osteoarthritis participants

Non-OA participants (n=30 978) OA participants (n=20 409) Unadjusted HR

Fracture
prevalence (95%
CI)
Overall fracture
incidence rate at 3 years
(95% CI)
Fracture
prevalence (95%
CI)
Overall fracture
incidence rate at 3
years (95% CI)
(95% CI)
Any fracture site 20.4 (19.9 to 20.8) 8.7 (8.3 to 9.0) 27.4 (26.8 to 28.0) 12.1 (11.6 to 12.6) 1.40 (1.32 to 1.48)
Hip 1.3 (1.2 to 1.5) 0.66 (0.57 to 0.77) 2.2 (2.0 to 2.4) 0.93 (0.80 to 1.1) 1.46 (1.17 to 1.81)
Clinical spine 1.4 (1.3 to 1.5) 0.84 (0.73 to 0.96) 3.4 (3.1 to 3.6) 1.5 (1.3 to 1.7) 1.80 (1.50 to 2.17)
Wrist/forearm 7.4 (7.1 to 7.7) 2.0 (1.8 to 2.2) 10.2 (9.8 to 10.6) 2.8 (2.6 to 3.1) 1.38 (1.22 to 1.57)
Upper arm 2.5 (2.3 to 2.7) 0.76 (0.66 to 0.88) 3.5 (3.2 to 3.7) 1.1 (0.96 to 1.3) 1.38 (1.13 to 1.69)
Lower leg/ankle 2.2 (2.0 to 2.3) 0.54 (0.46 to 0.63) 2.9 (2.7 to 3.2) 0.74 (0.62 to 0.89) 1.34 (1.05 to 1.70)

CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; OA, osteoarthritis.