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Published in final edited form as: Br J Med Med Res. 2015 Apr 27;8(3):220–229. doi: 10.9734/BJMMR/2015/17685

Table 5.

Associations between MET-hr categories and Hip fracture incidence among caucasian post-menopausal women^a

	Univariate analysis (non-cases=12,093; cases = 146)^b		Multivariate analysis^a (non-cases=12,093; cases = 146)^c

Daily metabolic expenditure values	Hazard ratio	95% CI	Hazard ratio	95% CI
< 40 MET-hrs (Sedentary)	1.00	Reference	1.00	Reference
40 – 47 MET-hrs (Below to average)	0.57	(0.38–0.85)	0.52	(0.35–0.78)
48+ MET-hrs (Above Average)	0.63	(0.40–1.00)	0.52	(0.32–0.84)
P trend=0.07			P trend=0.0	P^d=0.007

Adjusted for Age, weight, height, Caloric Intake, Smoking, Total Calcium Intake, Total Protein Intake, Estrogen Usage, Co-morbidity Conditions (angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, stroke, TIA, CHF, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, Parkinson’s disease, cataract, macular degeneration, rheumatoid arthritis, degenerative arthritis, degenerative disc, osteoporosis, fibromyalgia, SLE, cancer)

4 subjects were excluded from the model due to missing values

318 subjects were excluded from the model due to censored and missing values

P value of Chi-square difference of the likelihood ratio test between the full model (with MET categories) and the reduced model (without MET categories)