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. 2021 Jun 3;109(5):563–576. doi: 10.1007/s00223-021-00870-z

Table 3.

Multivariate Cox regression results in men linking contributory factors to the total risk of hip, spine and wrist fractures in the UK and HK cohorts

Characteristic UK men HK men
HR 95% CI p value Omnibus p R2 HR 95% CI p value Omnibus p R2
Age group  < 0.001 0.1126  < 0.001 0.1127
 < 70 1.00 1.00
70 to < 75 2.09 1.64, 2.67  < 0.001 1.68 1.02, 2.76 0.042
75 to < 80 2.57 1.73, 3.83  < 0.001 2.61 1.54, 4.40  < 0.001
 ≥ 80 HK 3.29 1.78, 6.08  < 0.001
BMI categories (kg/m2) 0.437 0.0075 0.014 0.0511
 < 18.5 1.95 0.27, 14.1 0.507 2.07 1.16, 3.71 0.014
18.5 to < 25 UK; 18.5 to < 23 HK 1.00 1.00
25 to < 30 UK; 23 to < 25 HK 0.82 0.64, 1.06 0.132 0.67 0.41, 1.10 0.114
 ≥ 30 UK; ≥ 25 HK 0.90 0.62, 1.30 0.564 0.84 0.54, 1.31 0.447
Physical activity level 0.874 0.0016 0.550 0.0071
Inactive 1.00 1.00
Moderately inactive 1.02 0.77, 1.36 0.869 1.10 0.74, 1.64 0.626
Moderately active UK; Active/moderately active HK 0.90 0.65, 1.24 0.510 0.81 0.47, 1.40 0.444
Active UK 1.03 0.73, 1.45 0.880
Smoking status 0.230 0.0036 0.309 0.0060
Never smoked 1.00 1.00
Current or former smoker 1.18 0.90, 1.55 0.236 1.22 0.83, 1.81 0.314
Family Hx of osteoporosis 0.129 0.0050 0.965 0.0000
No 1.00 1.00
Yes 1.75 0.90, 3.43 0.100 1.02 0.45, 2.32 0.964
Education 0.681 0.0018 0.283 0.0148
None/pre-secondary 1.00 1.00
Secondary/further education 1.02 0.80, 1.30 0.889 0.71 0.45, 1.13 0.148
Higher education 0.85 0.57, 1.29 0.454 1.05 0.62, 1.80 0.848
Dietary Ca meeting RNI 0.303 0.0028 0.515 0.0024
No 1.00 1.00
Yes 0.83 0.59, 1.18 0.293 1.14 0.78, 1.66 0.513
Dietary vitamin D intake (ug/1000 kcal) 1.01 0.87, 1.17 0.904 0.904 0.0000 1.30 0.75, 2.24 0.351 0.389 0.0034
Vegetable consumption (g/100 kcal/d) 1.00 0.98, 1.02 0.921 0.921 0.0000 1.01 0.99, 1.04 0.166 0.193 0.0090
Fruit consumption (g/100 kcal/d) 1.01 0.99, 1.02 0.396 0.402 0.0022 0.98 0.96, 1.01 0.192 0.171 0.0116
Ethanol consumption (units/d) 0.362 0.0052 0.847 0.0002
None 1.00 1.00
 > 0 to < 2 UK; > 0 HK 0.85 0.63, 1.16 0.306 1.04 0.68, 1.61 0.846
 ≥ 2 UK 1.02 0.70, 1.48 0.919
Use of Ca supplement 0.932 0.0000 0.995 0.0000
No 1.00 1.00
Yes 1.04 0.43, 2.54 0.932 1.00 0.54, 1.83 0.995

HR Hazard Ratio, CI Confidence Interval