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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Osteoporos Int. 2015 Jan 9;26(3):1163–1174. doi: 10.1007/s00198-014-2994-9

Table 4.

Odds ratios (OR) and 95 % confidence intervals (CI) for the association between fracture and HR-pQCT bone outcomes at the distal radius in girls and boys. Odds ratios are presented as per one SD decrease in each bone outcome

Low-energy fracture vs controls
Moderate-energy fracture vs controls
All cases vs controls
OR (95 % CI) p OR (95 % CI) p OR (95 % CI) p
Girls
 FLoad 4.30 (1.60, 11.52) 0.004 2.06 (0.92, 4.63) 0.079 2.63 (1.33, 5.20) 0.005
 UStress 3.60 (1.54, 8.39) 0.003 1.52 (0.84, 2.77) 0.166 2.10 (1.23, 3.59) 0.006
 Fall loada 0.23 (0.09, 0.61) 0.003 0.45 (0.17, 1.21) 0.113 0.34 (0.16, 0.70) 0.003
 Load-to-strength ratio 0.36 (0.16, 0.80) 0.012 0.64 (0.35, 1.16) 0.139 0.51 (0.30, 0.88) 0.015
 Tt.Ar 0.52 (0.22, 1.21) 0.128 1.30 (0.60, 2.84) 0.506 0.76 (0.40, 1.43) 0.394
 Tt.BMD 3.61 (1.54, 8.49) 0.003 1.63 (0.88, 3.00) 0.120 2.18 (1.27, 3.75) 0.005
 BV/TV 1.96 (1.02, 3.75) 0.042 1.45 (0.85, 2.48) 0.173 1.67 (1.05, 2.66) 0.031
 Tb.Th 2.41 (1.15, 5.07) 0.020 1.63 (0.88, 3.01) 0.122 1.88 (1.13, 3.13) 0.015
 Tb.Sp 0.96 (0.53, 1.73) 0.896 0.79 (0.48, 1.29) 0.349 0.87 (0.56, 1.34) 0.522
 Tb.N 0.95 (0.53, 1.71) 0.862 1.22 (0.74, 2.03) 0.439 1.08 (0.68, 1.69) 0.755
 Ct.BMD 4.10 (1.64, 10.27) 0.003 1.37 (0.72, 2.62) 0.336 2.12 (1.19, 3.75) 0.010
 Ct.Th 7.04 (2.20, 22.48) 0.001 1.83 (0.85, 3.95) 0.121 2.77 (1.43, 5.35) 0.002
 Ct.Po 1.56 (0.85, 2.89) 0.153 1.25 (0.74, 2.11) 0.412 1.34 (0.85, 2.10) 0.208
Boys
 FLoad 1.76 (0.96, 3.20) 0.066 1.38 (0.90, 2.12) 0.144 1.34 (0.92, 1.95) 0.128
 UStress 1.62 (0.95, 2.76) 0.077 1.08 (0.75, 1.57) 0.666 1.15 (0.82, 1.60) 0.425
 Fall loada 0.82 (0.44, 1.53) 0.532 1.03 (0.61, 1.73) 0.912 0.97 (0.62, 1.54) 0.913
 Load-to-strength ratio 0.83 (0.53, 1.31) 0.431 0.88 (0.59, 1.33) 0.548 0.85 (0.60, 1.22) 0.385
 Tt.Ar 0.84 (0.47, 1.50) 0.564 1.31 (0.84, 2.05) 0.238 1.17 (0.78, 1.74) 0.442
 Tt.BMD 1.81 (1.02, 3.22) 0.044 1.12 (0.77, 1.63) 0.543 1.18 (0.84, 1.66) 0.350
 BV/TV 1.49 (0.88, 2.50) 0.134 1.26 (0.86, 1.84) 0.236 1.22 (0.87, 1.72) 0.241
 Tb.Th 1.52 (0.89, 2.57) 0.123 1.40 (0.92, 2.13) 0.116 1.36 (0.94, 1.97) 0.100
 Tb.Sp 0.92 (0.55, 1.53) 0.746 0.96 (0.67, 1.37) 0.814 0.98 (0.71, 1.36) 0.913
 Tb.N 1.03 (0.62, 1.70) 0.923 0.99 (0.69, 1.42) 0.969 0.97 (0.70, 1.34) 0.843
 Ct.BMD 1.50 (0.88, 2.56) 0.134 0.94 (0.66, 1.32) 0.706 1.02 (0.74, 1.41) 0.900
 Ct.Th 1.82 (0.98, 3.36) 0.058 1.10 (0.75, 1.61) 0.626 1.18 (0.83, 1.68) 0.350
 Ct.Po 0.97 (0.60, 1.55) 0.884 1.69 (1.08, 2.64) 0.023 1.35 (0.94, 1.95) 0.108

Girls: n=107; controls n=60, low-energy fracture cases n=22, moderate-energy fracture cases n=25; boys: n=158; controls n=70, low-energy fracture cases n=29, moderate-energy fracture cases n=59. Covariate odds ratio (OR) reported for one SD decrease

CI confidence interval, FLoad failure load, UStress ultimate stress, fall load estimated fall load, Tt.Ar total bone area, Tt.BMD total bone mineral density, BV/TV bone volume fraction, Tb.Th trabecular thickness, Tb.Sp trabecular separation, Tb.n trabecular number, Ct.BMD cortical BMD, Ct.Th cortical thickness, Ct.Po cortical porosity

a

Fall load not adjusted for height