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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Bone. 2018 Nov 15;120:321–326. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2018.11.010

Table 3.

Association of annualized change in Hemoglobin between visits 1 and 2** with bone mineral density (BMD) at visit 3**.

BMD Women Men
Age, race and study site-adjusted β (95% CI) Full model-adjusted β (95% CI)* Age, race and study site adjusted β (95% CI) Full model-adjusted β (95% CI)*
Annual change (g/dL/year) in Hgb from visit 1 to visit 2 and three BMD sites (in 102g/cm2)
Total hip 1.67 (−1.70, 5.04) 0.22 (−2.95, 3.38) −2.06 (−6.10, 1.99) −1.18 (−5.12, 2.76)
Lumbar spine 2.25 (−3.64, 8.13) −2.12 (−8.44, 4.19) −3.45 (−9.70, 2.81) −1.49 (−7.80, 4.81)
Total body 0.45 (−2.29, 3.18) −1.35 (−4.20, 1.50) −0.92 (−4.05, 2.20) 0.04 (−3.10, 3.18)
*

Full model adjusted for age, study site, race, current smoking, alcohol (0, 1–7, more than 7), weight, height, steroid use (ever), estrogen use, thiazide use, Physical activity score, self-reported health, and Hemoglobin at visit 1

**

visit 1: 1989–1990, visit 2: 1992–1993, visit 3: 1994–1995