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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Bone Miner Res. 2008 Jun;23(6):819–825. doi: 10.1359/JBMR.080215

Table 4.

Predictors of All-Cause Mortality Among Olmsted County, MN, Residents First Diagnosed With Paget’s Disease of Bone in 1950–1994

Variable Hazard ratio (95% CI) p
Univariate model
 Age at diagnosis per 10-yr increase 2.36 (1.98–2.82) <0.001
 Year of diagnosis per 10-yr increase 1.28 (1.08–1.51) 0.004
 Year of diagnosis, July 1974or after 1.48 (1.06–2.06) 0.022
 Male 1.44 (1.06–1.97) 0.020
 AlkPhos high, within 2 years of diagnosis 1.12 (0.77–1.64) 0.538
 Symptoms at presentation 0.69 (0.50–0.94) 0.021
 Hearing loss before or within 6 mo after dx 1.44 (0.97–2.12) 0.068
 Pagetic involvement of spine 1.33 (0.97–1.81) 0.074
 Pagetic involvement of skull 1.31 (0.84–2.06) 0.238
 Pagetic involvement of pelvis 1.24 (0.89–1.72) 0.198
 Pagetic involvement of femur 1.24 (0.89–1.72) 0.208
 Monostotic vs. polyostotic 1.40 (0.98–1.99) 0.063
 Hip or knee replacement 1.95 (1.27–3.00) 0.002
 Fracture of pagetic bone 1.22 (0.70–2.12) 0.478
Multivariate model
 Age at diagnosis per 10-yr increase 2.50 (2.08–3.02) <0.001
 Male 1.68 (1.22–2.30) 0.001