Table 5.

Association between back pain and vertebral fracture (VF) number and severity in older women

	VF (no/yes)	Number of VF	Severity of VF
	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)	OR (95% CI)
Back pain, yes/noa	1.44 (1.06 to 1.95)	1.29 (1.06 to 1.58)	1.27 (1.09 to 1.48)

Logistic regression models were used to investigate associations between back pain, as dependent variable, and VF and covariates (age, weight, height, fall accident last year, Parkinson’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, stroke, hypothyroidism, cataract, cancer, smoking, alcohol, self-reported fracture, scoliosis), as independent variables. The results are presented as OR with 95% CI per SD decrease

Significance was defined by a p value < 0.05 and significant values are presented in bold

^aSelf-reported from the question “Have you had back pain the past 12 months?