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. 2017 Nov 13;14(11):1380. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14111380

Table 4.

Associated fracture sites of propensity-score matched populations with high-risk (OSTA < −4), medium-risk (−1 ≥ OSTA ≥ −4), and low-risk (OSTA > −1) to osteoporosis.

Variables Propensity-Score Matched Cohort 1 Propensity-Score Matched Cohort 2
High Risk Low Risk OR (95% CI) p Medium Risk Low Risk OR (95% CI) p
−4 > OSTA OSTA > −1 −1 ≥ OSTA ≥ −4 OSTA > −1
n = 1268 (I) n = 1268 (III) n = 1932 (II) n = 1932 (III)
Head & Face, n (%)
Cranial fracture 32 (2.5) 23 (1.8) 1.7 (0.92–3.03) 0.089 36 (1.9) 50 (2.6) 0.9 (0.64–1.25) 0.500
Facial bone fracture 25 (2.0) 38 (3.0) 0.7 (0.39–1.09) 0.097 91 (4.7) 100 (5.2) 0.9 (0.68–1.21) 0.504
Vertebrae, n (%)
Vertebral fracture 37 (2.9) 52 (4.1) 0.7 (0.46–1.08) 0.106 81 (4.2) 81 (4.2) 1.0 (0.73–1.37) 1.000
Extremity, n (%)
Humeral fracture 70 (5.5) 121 (9.5) 0.7 (0.50–1.00) 0.047 155 (8.0) 184 (9.5) 1.0 (0.82–1.15) 0.707
Radial fracture 131 (10.3) 257 (20.3) 0.5 (0.39–0.71) <0.001 334 (17.3) 349 (18.1) 1.0 (0.86–1.14) 0.922
Pelvic fracture 21 (1.7) 20 (1.6) 1.5 (0.69–3.14) 0.324 54 (2.8) 42 (2.2) 1.2 (0.95–1.65) 0.118
Femoral fracture 638 (50.3) 255 (20.1) 3.4 (2.73–4.24) <0.001 525 (27.2) 302 (15.6) 1.4 (1.24–1.54) <0.001
Patella fracture 22 (1.7) 76 (6.0) 0.5 (0.27–0.78) 0.004 59 (3.1) 84 (4.3) 0.9 (0.69–1.16) 0.394
Tibia fracture 49 (3.9) 107 (8.4) 0.6 (0.38–0.83) 0.004 142 (7.3) 164 (8.5) 1.0 (0.83–1.18) 0.894