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. 2021 Jan 19;32(7):1343–1350. doi: 10.1007/s00198-020-05776-4

Table 3.

Risk of osteoporotic fracture events, expressed as Hazard ratios (HRs) with 99% confidence intervals (99% CI), in groups of second-generation immigrants compared to individuals with Swedish-born parents

No. Model 1 Model 2 Model 3
HR 99% CI HR 99% CI HR 99% CI
Swedish-born parents 109622 1 1 1
All second-generation 4883 0.96 0.92 1.00 0.96 0.92 1.00 0.95 0.91 0.99
Second-generation men 1512 0.97 0.90 1.05 0.97 0.90 1.05 0.96 0.89 1.04
Second-generation women 3371 0.95 0.90 1.00 0.95 0.90 1.00 0.95 0.90 1.00
Nordic countries 2871 0.99 0.94 1.05 0.99 0.94 1.04 0.97 0.92 1.03
All nonNordic countries 2010 0.91 0.85 0.97 0.91 0.86 0.97 0.92 0.87 0.99
Southern Europe 58 0.69 0.48 1.01 0.72 0.49 1.04 0.75 0.51 1.08
Western Europe 609 0.86 0.77 0.97 0.88 0.78 0.98 0.89 0.79 1.00
Eastern Europe 22 0.58 0.32 1.06 0.58 0.32 1.07 0.58 0.32 1.07
Baltic countries 443 0.92 0.80 1.05 0.92 0.80 1.05 0.93 0.81 1.06
Central Europe 168 0.84 0.67 1.04 0.84 0.67 1.04 0.84 0.67 1.05
Africa 5 0.45 0.13 1.61 0.46 0.13 1.64 0.49 0.14 1.76
Northern America 469 1.00 0.88 1.14 1.01 0.88 1.15 1.02 0.90 1.17
Latin America 12 1.01 0.44 2.29 1.01 0.44 2.29 1.07 0.47 2.43
Asia 33 0.89 0.54 1.48 0.92 0.56 1.52 0.94 0.57 1.56
Russia 191 1.10 0.89 1.35 1.09 0.88 1.34 1.10 0.89 1.35

Values in italic are statistically significant

Model 1: adjusted for age and region of residence in Sweden; model 2: adjusted for age, region of residence in Sweden, educational level, and marital status, and neighbourhood deprivation; model 3: model 2 + comorbidities