Table 5.
Incidence of osteoporotic fractures in foreign-born men and women vs Swedish-born men and women, respectively, expressed as hazard ratios (HR) with 99% confidence intervals (99% CI)
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | ||||||||
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Obs. | HR | 99% CI | HR | 99% CI | HR | 99% CI | ||||
Men | ||||||||||
Sweden | 89,733 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
All foreign born | 7114 | 0.68 | 0.65 | 0.70 | 0.74 | 0.72 | 0.77 | 0.75 | 0.73 | 0.78 |
Nordic countries | 3563 | 0.74 | 0.70 | 0.78 | 0.82 | 0.78 | 0.86 | 0.81 | 0.77 | 0.85 |
Southern Europe | 266 | 0.33 | 0.28 | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.33 | 0.47 | 0.43 | 0.36 | 0.51 |
Western Europe | 826 | 0.59 | 0.54 | 0.66 | 0.66 | 0.59 | 0.72 | 0.67 | 0.61 | 0.74 |
Eastern Europe | 530 | 0.60 | 0.53 | 0.68 | 0.61 | 0.54 | 0.70 | 0.64 | 0.57 | 0.73 |
Baltic countries | 336 | 0.86 | 0.73 | 1.00 | 0.91 | 0.78 | 1.07 | 0.91 | 0.78 | 1.06 |
Central Europe | 516 | 0.69 | 0.61 | 0.78 | 0.69 | 0.61 | 0.78 | 0.71 | 0.62 | 0.80 |
Africa | 91 | 0.54 | 0.40 | 0.73 | 0.62 | 0.46 | 0.84 | 0.65 | 0.48 | 0.88 |
Northern America | 183 | 0.76 | 0.62 | 0.94 | 0.86 | 0.69 | 1.06 | 0.86 | 0.70 | 1.07 |
Latin America | 96 | 0.45 | 0.34 | 0.61 | 0.51 | 0.38 | 0.68 | 0.56 | 0.42 | 0.75 |
Asia | 587 | 0.78 | 0.69 | 0.87 | 0.92 | 0.82 | 1.04 | 0.97 | 0.86 | 1.09 |
Russia | 115 | 0.95 | 0.73 | 1.24 | 0.96 | 0.74 | 1.26 | 0.95 | 0.73 | 1.24 |
Women | ||||||||||
Sweden | 245,486 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
All foreign born | 20,566 | 0.78 | 0.72 | 0.79 | 0.83 | 0.81 | 0.84 | 0.83 | 0.81 | 0.84 |
Nordic countries | 12,821 | 0.84 | 0.81 | 0.86 | 0.89 | 0.82 | 0.86 | 0.88 | 0.87 | 0.91 |
Southern Europe | 402 | 0.34 | 0.29 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.30 | 0.39 | 0.41 | 0.34 | 0.45 |
Western Europe | 2580 | 0.73 | 0.69 | 0.77 | 0.78 | 0.69 | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.74 | 0.82 |
Eastern Europe | 926 | 0.67 | 0.61 | 0.73 | 0.69 | 0.61 | 0.74 | 0.71 | 0.63 | 0.76 |
Baltic countries | 851 | 0.80 | 0.72 | 0.88 | 0.84 | 0.72 | 0.88 | 0.84 | 0.76 | 0.93 |
Central Europe | 1207 | 0.77 | 0.71 | 0.84 | 0.79 | 0.71 | 0.84 | 0.79 | 0.72 | 0.85 |
Africa | 58 | 0.60 | 0.42 | 0.88 | 0.69 | 0.47 | 1.00 | 0.71 | 0.49 | 1.03 |
Northern America | 462 | 0.76 | 0.66 | 0.86 | 0.82 | 0.72 | 0.94 | 0.82 | 0.72 | 0.94 |
Latin America | 210 | 0.57 | 0.47 | 0.70 | 0.64 | 0.47 | 0.69 | 0.65 | 0.52 | 0.77 |
Asia | 729 | 0.73 | 0.66 | 0.82 | 0.81 | 0.66 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.73 | 0.90 |
Russia | 308 | 0.87 | 0.74 | 1.02 | 0.89 | 0.76 | 1.05 | 0.89 | 0.75 | 1.04 |
Model 1: adjusted for age and region of residence in Sweden; model 2: adjusted for age, region of residence in Sweden, educational level, marital status, and neighbourhood deprivation; model 3: model 2 + comorbidities.