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. 2020 Aug 19;32(2):343–352. doi: 10.1007/s00198-020-05597-5

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
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.