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Published in final edited form as: Osteoporos Int. 2013 Jun 28;25(1):177–185. doi: 10.1007/s00198-013-2419-1

Table 3.

Associations between fragility fractures and indices of bone density and geometry obtained by pQCT and DXA

	Fractures (unadjusted), OR (95 % CI)	p value	Fractures (adjusted)^a, OR (95 % CI)	p value
DXA
Distal femur aBMD (g/cm²)	4.9 (2.0, 15.9)	0.002	4.9 (1.7, 17.5)	0.006
Proximal tibia aBMD (g/cm²)	6.5 (2.5, 23.0)	<0.001	6.1 (2.1, 23.6)	0.003
Total hip aBMD (g/cm²)	2.4 (1.3, 5.1)	0.009	1.9 (1.0, 4.1)	0.083
Femoral neck aBMD (g/cm²)	2.1 (1.2, 4.0)	0.019	1.7 (0.9, 3.4)	0.093
pQCT
TbvBMD (mg/cm³)	5.9 (2.2, 24.6)	0.003	6.5 (1.9, 32.9)	0.010
CTh (mm)	2.8 (1.4, 6.5)	0.006	2.2 (1.1, 5.5)	0.053
BR	0.5 (0.2, 0.9)	0.033	0.7 (0.3, 1.2)	0.176
CSMI (mm⁴)	2.0 (1.0, 4.8)	0.073	1.8 (0.8, 4.3)	0.158
PMI (mm⁴)	3.9 (1.5–13.3)	0.013	3.2 (1.2–11.4)	0.038

aBMD areal bone mineral density, TbvBMD trabecular volumetric bone mineral density, CTh cortical thickness, BR buckling ratio, CSMI cross-sectional moment of inertia, PMI polar moment of inertia

OR per SD decrease, adjusted for motor complete injury