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. 2016 Jun 28;353:i3365. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i3365

Table 3.

Nested case-control analysis of exposure to drug treatment and comorbid conditions as predictor of subtrochanteric or shaft fractures of femur in treatment naive adults initially starting alendronate in Denmark. Table summarises several multivariate conditional logistic regression analyses of exposure in terms of current user status, adherence, or number of dose years

No (%) of patients OR (95% CI) for subtrochanteric and femoral shaft fracture
Unadjusted Adjusted*
Alendronate (users switching to other osteoporosis drugs considered no longer exposed)
User status:
 Past user (≥1 year before) 2193 (26.6) Reference
 Recent user (<1 year before) 971 (11.8) 1.04 (0.85 to 1.28), P=0.69 1.00 (0.82 to 1.25), P=0.93
 Current user 5089 (61.7) 0.92 (0.80 to 1.06), P=0.24 0.92 (0.79 to 1.07), P=0.27
Medication possession ratio:
 <50% 2520 (30.5) Reference
 50-80% 882 (10.7) 1.08 (0.89 to 1.32), P=0.45 1.04 (0.84 to 1.27), P=0.74
 >80% 4851 (58.8) 0.88 (0.77 to 0.99), P=0.05 0.90 (0.78 to 1.03), P=0.11
Dose years:
 <5 6297 (76.3) Reference
 5-<10 1712 (20.7) 1.02 (0.85 to 1.22), P=0.88 1.05 (0.87 to 1.28), P=0.58
 ≥10 244 (3.0) 0.70 (0.45 to 1.09), P=0.11 0.72 (0.45 to 1.14), P=0.16
Sensitivity analysis:
 Dose years:
  <3 4923 (59.3) 0.95 (0.79 to 1.15), P=0.62 0.94 (0.77 to 1.15), P=0.55
  3-<5 1374 (16.6) Reference
  ≥5-<10 1712 (20.7) 0.98 (0.78 to 1.23), P=0.86 0.99 (0.79 to 1.26), P=0.96
  >10 244 (3.0) 0.67 (0.42 to 1.07), P=0.09 0.67 (0.41 to 1.08), P=0.10
Alendronate (users switching to other osteoporosis drugs removed from analysis)
User status:
 Past user (≥1 year before) 1448 (20.2) Reference
 Recent user (<1 year before) 817 (11.4) 1.04 (0.82 to 1.32), P=0.73 1.00 (0.79 to 1.29), P=0.96
 Current user 4917 (68.5) 0.96 (0.81 to 1.13), P=0.60 0.94 (0.79 to 1.13), P=0.51
Medication possession ratio:
 <50% 1748 (24.3) Reference
 50-80% 701 (9.8) 1.00 (0.79 to 1.26), P=0.99 0.93 (0.73 to 1.19), P=0.57
 >80% 4733 (65.9) 0.88 (0.76 to 1.03), P=0.11 0.88 (0.75 to 1.04), P=0.13
Dose years:
 <5 5388 (75.0) Reference
 5-<10 1571 (21.9) 1.05 (0.85 to 1.31), P=0.63 1.06 (0.84 to 1.33), P=0.63
 ≥10 223 (3.1) 0.73 (0.42 to 1.27), P=0.25 0.86 (9.49 to 1.51), P=0.59
Sensitivity analysis:
 Dose years:
  <3 4141 (57.7) 0.98 (0.78 to 1.22), P=0.82 0.94 (0.74 to 1.18), P=0.58
  3-<5 1247 (17.4) Reference
  ≥5-<10 1571 (21.9) 1.04 (0.80 to 1.35), P=0.79 1.01 (0.77 to 1.34), P=0.93
  >10 223 (3.1) 0.71 (0.41 to 1.25), P=0.24 0.82 (0.45 to 1.47), P=0.50
Comorbid conditions and comedications
Major osteoporotic fracture 3954 (47.9) 3.09 (2.72 to 3.51), P<0.001 3.05 (2.68 to 3.47), P<0.001
Fracture of pelvis, femur or lower leg 1398 (16.9) 1.90 (1.65 to 2.18), P<0.001 1.55 (1.34 to 1.79), P<0.001
Fractures, other 361 (4.4) 1.50 (1.17 to 1.93), P=0.002 1.15 (0.88 to 1.51), P=0.29
Diabetes 525 (6.4) 1.55 (1.26 to 1.91), P<0.001 1.41 (1.13 to 1.76), P=0.002
Chronic kidney disease 99 (1.2) 1.64 (1.03 to 2.60), P=0.04 1.44 (0.89 to 2.35), P=0.14
Chronic pulmonary disease 1707 (20.7) 1.16 (1.01 to 1.34), P=0.047 1.16 (0.99 to 1.34), P=0.06
Previous myocardial infarction 685 (8.3) 1.32 (1.08 to 1.60), P=0.006 1.23 (0.99 to 1.51), P=0.05
Prednisolone in past year 1588 (19.2) 0.87 (0.75 to 1.01), P=0.07 0.93 (0.79 to 1.09), P=0.35
Proton pump inhibitors in past year 2431 (29.5) 1.29 (1.14 to 1.46), P<0.001 1.20 (1.06 to 1.37), P=0.005
Thiazides in past year 2101 (25.5) 0.93 (0.81 to 1.07), P=0.30 0.97 (0.85 to 1.12), P=0.71

*Adjusted for comorbid diabetes, chronic kidney disease, chronic pulmonary disease, and previous myocardial infarction, and use in past year of prednisolone, proton pump inhibitors, and thiazides.