Table 2

Odds-ratio (OR) of the risk factors for hip fracture in elderly women and men by conditional logistic regression analysis

Unadjusted OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI) adjusted for FNBMD

OR (95% CI) adjusted for weight


Women

Abdominal fata (-10%)

1.5 (1.1 to 2.1)

1.1 (0.7 to 1.5)

1.1 (0.7 to 1.7)

Weight (-10 kg)

2.0 (1.4 to 2.8)

1.3(0.9 to 1.7)

-

BMI (-4 kg/m2)

1.7 (1.2 to 2.4)

1.2 (0.8 to 1.7)

1.5 (0.7 to 3.0)

FNBMD (-0.12 g/cm2)

2.4 (1.7 to 3.9)

-

2.1 (1.3 to 3.5)


Men

Abdominal fata (-10%)

1.2 (0.7 to 2.0)

1.5 (0.7 to 2.9)

1.8 (0.8 to 4.0)

Weight (-10 kg)

1.4 (0.8 to 2.3)

1.5 (0.7 to 3.2)

-

BMI (-4 kg/m2)

1.3 (0.7 to 2.5)

1.7 (0.6 to 4.5)

1.3 (0.9 to 1.9)

FNBMD (-0.12 g/cm2)

2.3 (1.3 to 4.0)

-

3.0 (1.3 to 6.5)


BMI, Body mass index; FNBMD, femoral neck bone mineral density.

aAbdominal fat was expressed as percentage of the total soft tissue.

Bold-faced values are statistically significant.

Nguyen et al. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2005 6:11   doi:10.1186/1471-2474-6-11

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