Table 4.

Correlates of treatment initiation and persistence with therapy (among those recommended treatment)

	Initiated osteoporosis treatment								Persisted with osteoporosis treatment
	Unadjusted N=137				Adjusteda N=114				Unadjusted N=114				Adjusteda N=97
	OR	95% CI		p Value	OR	95% CI		p Value	OR	95% CI		p-value	OR	(95% CI)	p Value
Age, mean (SD)	0.99	0.94	1.05	0.77					0.96	0.90	1.03	0.24
Male	1.57	0.19	13.22	0.68					>999.999	<0.001	>999.999	0.97
Smoking (current)	1.75	0.60	5.08	0.31					1.64	0.42	6.43	0.48
Glucocorticoid treatment (current)	0.67	0.17	2.63	0.57					1.07	0.12	9.22	0.96
Family history in first degree relative	2.40	0.76	7.58	0.14	2.33	0.55	9.91	0.25	0.50	0.15	1.67	0.26
Prior fragility fracture	1.50	0.58	3.84	0.40					0.59	0.18	1.97	0.39
Early menopause	0.89	0.27	2.93	0.85					1.00	0.20	4.98	1.00
Correctly report DXA test found osteoporosis	3.29	1.24	8.74	0.02	4.33	1.24	15.09	0.02	0.93	0.19	4.63	0.93
Health status is good to excellentb	1.06	0.43	2.65	0.90					3.00	0.77	11.72	0.11	4.98	0.51	48.92	0.169
Perceptions about benefitsc, Z-score	1.52	1.18	1.96	0.001	1.45	1.11	1.90	0.006	1.86	1.27	2.73	0.001	1.80	1.19	2.73	0.006
Drug treatment barriers (agreement)
I am taking too many medications	0.29	0.09	0.97	0.04	0.41	0.07	2.25	0.30	0.37	0.07	2.02	0.25
I have stomach problems that limit to the types of medicine I can tolerate	1.07	0.39	2.98	0.89					0.15	0.04	0.56	0.004	0.32	0.06	1.68	0.178

^aAdjusted for variables included in the table (p<0.2 in unadjusted analysis)

^bSelf-report health status is excellent, very good, or good (compared to fair or poor)

^cBased on responses to three items on a five-point scale from strongly agree to strongly disagree: “Medical treatment can reduce the risk of broken bones”, “I would feel good about taking medications for osteoporosis”, “Medication can build strong bones”. Higher scores indicate stronger beliefs in the benefits of osteoporosis pharmacotherapy