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. 2020 Feb 18;105(4):e1344–e1357. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa082

Table 5.

Area Under the ROC Curve (AUC) for 3 Genetic Risk Scores (GRSs) for Prediction of Risk of Forearm, Hip, and Vertebral Fractures, Evaluated in Separate Cohorts

UFO Hip-Fracture N = 1873 UFO Forearm Fracture N = 1978 MrOS Sweden N = 1880*
AUC 95% CI N cases AUC 95% CI N cases AUC 95% CI N cases
Hip fracture 994 129
 eBMDGRS 0.56 (0.54, 0.59) 0.56 (0.51, 0.61)
 FN-BMDGRS 0.56 (0.53, 0.58) 0.57 (0.52, 0.62)
 LS-BMDGRS 0.55 (0.52, 0.58) 0.56 (0.50, 0.62)
Forearm fracture 984 36
 eBMDGRS 0.60 (0.57, 0.62) 0.66 (0.58, 0.75)
 FN-BMDGRS 0.55 (0.52, 0.57) 0.60 (0.50, 0.70)
 LS-BMDGRS 0.55 (0.53, 0.58) 0.58 (0.47, 0.69)
Vertebral fracture 288
 eBMDGRS 0.57 (0.53, 0.61)
 FN-BMDGRS 0.55 (0.51, 0.59)
 LS-BMDGRS 0.54 (0.51, 0.58)

Area under the ROC curve (AUC) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) are given for each GRS in separate unadjusted models. N = number of participants. N cases = number of fracture cases.

Abbreviations: eBMDGRS, genetic risk score for estimated bone mineral density of the heel; FN-BMDGRS, genetic risk score for bone mineral density in femur neck; LS-BMDGRS, genetic risk score for bone mineral density in lumbar spine.

*For vertebral fractures, only N = 1475 participants were included.