Table 2.
ORs for the association between some factors and vertebral fracture risk in diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis patients from the logistic regression models without (model 1) and with (model 2) adjustment for confounding factors
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| OR (95% CI) | p-value | OR (95% CI) | p-value | |
| Max VB from thoracic to sacrum | 1.22 (1.11–1.35) | <0.001 | 1.21 (1–1.47) | <0.05 |
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| Age (yr) | 0.99 (0.91–1.08) | 0.86 | ||
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| Sex (reference: men) | 0.6 (0.14–2.56) | 0.49 | ||
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| Weights (kg) | 0.93 (0.86–1.01) | 0.08 | ||
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| Calcium (mg/dL) | 0.15 (0.04–0.61) | 0.01 | ||
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| Glycosylated hemoglobin (%) | 1.5 (0.64–3.53) | 0.35 | ||
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| Proximal femur bone mineral density (0.1 g/cm2) | 0.47 (0.3–0.73) | <0.001 | ||
OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; Max VB, the maximum number of vertebrae that are bony cross-linked with contiguous adjacent vertebrae without interruption.