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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Bone. 2018 May 23;113:161–168. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2018.05.026

Table 3.

Hazard ratios (HR) per 1 SD reduction in TBS with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for incident major osteoporotic fracture (MOF) and hip fracture (HF).

Clinical variables Subgroups MOF
HF
HR (95% CI) p-value p-interaction HR (95% CI) p-value p-interaction

All Cases 1.19 (1.15-1.23) <0.001 1.13 (1.05-1.20) <0.001

Sex Women 1.20 (1.16-1.25) <0.001 0.25 1.13 (1.05-1.21) <0.001 0.84
Men 1.10 (0.97-1.24) 0.13 1.14 (0.90-1.44) 0.27

Age (years) < 65 1.33 (1.26-1.41) <0.001 0.004 1.53 (1.31-1.78) <0.001 <0.001
≥ 65 1.12 (1.07-1.17) <0.001 1.05 (0.98-1.13) 0.18

BMI (kg/m2) < 30 1.19 (1.15-1.24) <0.001 0.86 1.15 (1.06-1.23) <0.001 0.26
≥ 30 1.19 (1.10-1.28) <0.001 1.03 (0.88-1.21) 0.69

Diabetes Yes 1.18 (1.08-1.30) <0.001 0.73 1.17 (1.00-1.37) 0.053 0.36
No 1.19 (1.14-1.23) <0.001 1.09 (1.02-1.18) 0.017

Prior fracture Yes 1.11 (1.03-1.18) 0.004 0.003 1.02 (0.89-1.16) 0.81 0.048
No 1.19 (1.15-1.23) <0.001 1.13 (1.05-1.20) <0.001

COPD Yes 1.18 (1.07-1.30) <0.001 0.44 1.08 (0.90-1.29) 0.41 0.59
No 1.19 (1.15-1.23) <0.001 1.14 (1.06-1.23) <0.001

High alcohol use Yes 1.16 (0.97-1.37) 0.096 0.55 0.99 (0.69-1.43) 0.96 0.21
No 1.19 (1.15-1.23) <0.001 1.13 (1.06-1.21) <0.001

Rheumatoid arthritis Yes 1.15 (0.99-1.34) 0.072 0.61 0.89 (0.66-1.21) 0.47 0.083
No 1.19 (1.15-1.24) <0.001 1.14 (1.06-1.22) <0.001

Glucocorticoid use Yes 1.15 (1.02-1.31) 0.027 0.51 0.93 (0.74-1.17) 0.53 0.029
No 1.19 (1.15-1.24) <0.001 1.14 (1.07-1.23) <0.001

Secondary osteoporosis Yes 1.17 (1.04-1.31) 0.007 0.94 1.14 (0.93-1.39) 0.21 0.92
No 1.19 (1.15-1.24) <0.001 1.13 (1.05-1.21) 0.001

Femoral neck osteoporosis Yes 1.15 (1.07-1.22) <0.001 0.19 1.08 (0.98-1.20) 0.13 0.36
No 1.21 (1.16-1.26) <0.001 1.15 (1.06-1.26) 0.001

Osteoporosis treatment* Yes 1.15 (1.08-1.22) <0.001 0.005 1.12 (1.00-1.25) 0.057 0.58
No 1.22 (1.16-1.27) <0.001 1.15 (1.06-1.25) <0.001

High 1.15 (1.10-1.21) <0.001 0.091 1.06 (0.97-1.17) 0.21
Comorbidity Moderate 1.18 (1.12-1.25) <0.001 1.17 (1.05-1.30) 0.003 <0.001
Low 1.31 (1.19-1.43) <0.001 1.23 (1.01-1.51) 0.044

Significant effects are in bold. BMI body mass index, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

*

Treatment in the year before BMD testing.