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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 10.
Published in final edited form as: Osteoporos Int. 2020 Sep 24;32(4):715–725. doi: 10.1007/s00198-020-05640-5

Table 3.

Ranking of risk factors for FA BMD. (A) According to their MIP. (B) The best ten individual models according to their PP

Risk factors combination MIP Model-averaged causal estimate
(A) According to their MIP
1 FI 0.571 0.308
2 HCadjBMI 0.239 − 0.056
3 LDL cholesterol 0.095 − 0.013
4 WCadjBMI 0.094 − 0.017
5 BMI 0.079 0.015
6 WHR 0.06 0.007
7 FG 0.055 0.007
8 HC 0.055 − 0.006
9 WHRadjBMI 0.049 0.001
10 WC 0.047 − 0.003
Individual models Risk factors combination PP Causal estimate
(B) The best 10 individual models according to their PP
11 FI 0.345 0.544
6 HCadjBMI 0.115 − 0.239
6, 11 HCadjBMI, FI 0.05, − 0.215 0.496
3 LDL cholesterol 0.035 − 0.133
8, 11 WCadjBMI, FI 0.03, − 0.205 0.59
8 WCadjBMI 0.029 − 0.164
13 BMI 0.029 0.153
9 WHR 0.023 0.137
10 FG 0.021 0.124
3, 11 LDL cholesterol, FI 0.019, − 0.123 0.52