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. 2019 Feb 13;9:1965. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-38035-y

Table 4.

Risk factors for traumatic fractures among Chinese adults (≥15 years).

Risk factors Odds ratio (95% CI)
Males Females
Age (years)
   15–59 Reference Reference
   ≥60 0.56 (0.15, 2.03) 0.69 (0.17, 2.76)
Education
   Illiterate Reference Reference
   Primary school 0.84 (0.27, 2.64) 0.80 (0.22, 2.90)
   Junior high school or above 0.50 (0.14, 1.82) 0.40 (0.07, 2.15)
Occupation
   Unemployed & Retired Reference Reference
   Office worker & Students 0.22 (0.04, 1.35) 1.47 (0.12, 17.80)
   Others 0.39 (0.04, 3.62) 4.30 (0.59, 31.41)
   Manual worker & Farmer 0.29 (0.08, 1.00) 1.43 (0.27, 7.43)
Cigarette smoking
   No Reference
   Yes 9.50 (2.19, 41.19)
Alcohol consumption
   No Reference Reference
   Yes 1.49 (0.52, 4.25) 7.81 (2.50, 24.39)
Urbanisation
   Urban area Reference Reference
   Rural area 0.76 (0.30, 1.93) 0.64 (0.20, 2.07)
Body Mass Index (BMI)
   <24 Reference Reference
   24–27.9 1.15 (0.43, 3.06) 1.17 (0.34, 4.02)
   ≥28 1.24 (0.16, 9.56) 1.10 (0.13, 9.08)
Average sleep time (hours) per day
   <7 Reference Reference
   ≥7 0.54 (0.21, 1.38) 0.90 (0.28, 2.91)
Previous history of fracture
   No Reference Reference
   Yes 5.30 (1.54, 18.23) 6.77 (1.47, 31.19)
Children
   <2 / Reference
   =2 / 3.60 (0.75, 17.17)
   >2 / 0.65 (0.06, 7.55)
Menopause (age, year)
   <46 / Reference
   46–50 / 0.75 (0.09, 6.12)
   >50 / 1.03 (0.11, 9.98)
   Premenopausal / 0.06 (0.003, 0.941)
   Hosmer-Lemeshow Test X2 = 0.280, P = 0.964 X2 = 4.174, P = 0.525