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Table 3 Associations between number of vertebral fracture and lung function

From: Cross-sectional associations between prevalent vertebral fracture and pulmonary function in the sixth Tromsø study

 

Pulmonary function (mean (SD) or (SE))

 

Men

Women

 

Number of vertebral fractures

Number of vertebral fractures

 

0 (n=771)

1 (n=83)

2 (n=26)

3 (n=9)

4-6 (n=3)

P trend

0 (n=1079)

1 (n=103)

2 (n=37)

3 (n=11)

4-6 (n=10)

P trend

FVC% predicteda

98.2 (15.3)

97.9 (17.9)

99.5 (17.1)

90.0 (15.2)

80.1 (10.3)

0.047

101.2 (15.8)

102.6 (18.3)

101.7 (17.4)

107.6 (16.1)

94.1 (21.1)

0.137

FEV1% predicteda

88.9 (16.9)

87.2 (20.2)

84.3 (24.9)

79.6 (22.7)

70.8 (12.3)

0.007

93.0 (17.4)

94.2 (20.5)

93.1 (20.5)

94.2 (24.0)

83.9 (23.3)

0.437

FEV1/FVC% predicteda

90.6 (10.8)

88.8 (10.9)

83.2 (17.7)

87.2 (16.4)

87.8 (4.3)

0.002

92.0 (9.1)

91.2 (10.4)

91.1 (9.3)

86.0 (13.7)

88.0 (10.5)

0.021

Adjustedb values

(n=665)

(n=74)

(n=22)

(n=7)

(n=2)

 

(n=800)

(n=65)

(n=26)

(n=5)

(n=8)

 

FVC (liter (SE))

4.22 (0.024)

4.22 (0.073)

4.29 (0.133)

4.18 (0.237)

4.10 (0.442)

0.982

2.99 (0.015)

3.09 (0.053)

2.90 (0.084)

2.89 (0.192)

2.75 (0.154)

0.321

FEV1 (liter (SE))

3.08 (0.021)

3.07 (0.063)

2.94 (0.116)

3.24 (0.206)

3.12 (0.384)

0.747

2.21 (0.013)

2.32 (0.046)

2.15 (0.073)

2.04 (0.166)

2.08 (0.134)

0.476

FEV1/FVC (SE)

0.73 (0.003)

0.73 (0.009)

0.67 (0.016)

0.79 (0.028)

0.76 (0.053)

0.502

0.74 (0.002)

0.75 (0.008)

0.74 (0.013)

0.69 (0.029)

0.76 (0.023)

0.874

  1. The Tromsø Study 2007-08.
  2. aEquation from Langhammer et al. [27].
  3. bAdjusted for age, smoking habits, height, weight, physical inactivity, cardiovascular disease, lung disease, corticosteroids, hip BMD, hormones for menopause (women).