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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 5.

Ranking of risk factors for heel 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 WHR 0.811 0.248
2 FI 0.247 0.096
3 HCadjBMI 0.167 − 0.027
4 WCadjBMI 0.056 − 0.008
5 WC 0.046 0.012
6 HC 0.029 − 0.009
7 WHRadjBMI 0.021 − 0.001
8 BMI 0.011 0.001
9 T2D 0.005 0
10 FG 0.003 0
Individual models Risk factors combination PP Causal estimate
(B) The best 10 individual models according to their PP
9 WHR 0.585 0.311
9, 11 WHR, FI 0.08, 0.234 0.294
6, 11 HCadjBMI, FI 0.075, − 0.166 0.439
11 FI 0.055 0.486
6, 9 HCadjBMI, WHR 0.05, − 0.128 0.26
8, 9 WCadjBMI, WHR 0.046, − 0.156 0.393
6, 7 HCadjBMI, WC 0.014, − 0.237 0.198
5, 7 HC, WC 0.012, − 0.444 0.556
6, 9, 11 HCadjBMI, WHR, FI 0.009, − 0.131, 0.18 0.301
11, 12 FI, WHRadjBMI 0.006, 0.412 0.162