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. 2019 Oct 9;8(1):175–183. doi: 10.1080/21556660.2019.1677674

Table 3.

Regression analysis for association between fracture site, time since fracture, and number of fractures with PROs in patients with fractures (n  =  185)a.

Variable Coefficient (95% CI)
      OPAQ-SV
  EQ-5D EQ-VAS Physical Emotional Symptom
Days since fracture 0.0000 −0.0021 0.0017 0.0016 0.0007
(−0.00003, 0.00004) (−0.0018, 0.0060) (−0.0019, 0.0052) (−0.0016, 0.0048) (−0.0036, 0.0050)
p = .895 p = .285 p = .363 p = .319 p = .752
Fracture siteb          
 Hip
(n  =  29)
−0.110 −8.6285 −13.834 −12.561 −15.274
(−0.1947, −0.0253) (−16.4079, −0.8491) (−21.1488, −6.5184) (−17.9830, −7.1384) (−23.3411, −7.2076)
p = .011 p = .030 p < .001 p<.001 p<.001
 Spine
(n  =  71)
−0.129 −11.454 −13.205 −11.765 −17.131
(−0.1937, −0.0644) (−18.0936, −4.8151) (−18.2881, −8.1209) (−16.7712, −6.7583) (−24.0758, −10.1868)
p<.001 p = .001 p<.001 p<.001 p<.001
 Rib
(n  =  10)
0.004 −7.935 −1.422 −0.881 −6.495
(−0.0851, 0.0930) (−17.8313, −1.9604) (−10.8690, 8.0241) (−9.9859, 8.2233) (−17.4503, 4.4605)
p = .930 p = .115 p = .766 p = .848 p = .243
 Humerus
(n  =  3)
−0.040 −4.702 −11.060 −5.761 −8.914
(−0.1209, 0.0411) (−9.9148, 0.5102) (−31.0558, 8.9356) (−14.4575, 2.9356) (−16.2919, −1.5364)
p = .331 p = .077 p = .275 p = .192 p = .018
 Other
(n  =  27)
−0.044 −10.756 −7.660 −12.619 −12.666
(−0.1310, 0.0433) (−20.8036, −0.7080) (−14.8730, −0.4470) (−20.4102, −4.8284) (−22.6770, −2.6559)
p = .321 p = .036 p = .038 p = .002 p = .014
Number of fractures −0.021 −5.751 −0.663 −1.930 −2.278
(−0.0588, 0.0167) (−10.4627, −1.0391) (−4.1802, 2.8540) (−4.7582, 0.8978) (−6.2619, 1.7068)
p = .272 p = .017 p = .709 p = .179 p = .260

Abbreviations. CI, confidence interval; EQ-5D, European Quality of Life 5 Domains; EQ-VAS, European Quality of Life Visual Analog Scale; OPAQ-SV, Osteoporosis Assessment Questionnaire short-version.

a

Model included number of fractures, fracture site, and days since fracture only. p-values were adjusted to account for physician clustering.

b

Reference fracture site was the wrist.