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Table 2 FRAX variables for men and women at baseline and according to frailty status at 15-year follow-up. Values reported as means ±SD, median (IQR), or n (%)

From: The association between a fracture risk tool and frailty: Geelong Osteoporosis Study

 

ALL

Frail

Pre-frail

Robust

p-value

Women

N = 302

N = 46

N = 168

N = 88

 

Age (yr)

53 (48–73)

62 (53–67)

53 (47–60)

51 (47–56)

0.001

Weight (kg)

70.8 ± 13.1

71.7 ± 13.3

71.2 ± 13.2

69.6 ± 12.9

0.583

Height (cm)

161.3 ± 6.0

159.3 ± 5.2

161.3 ± 6.0

162.4 ± 6.1

0.018

Prior Fracture

31 (10.3)

11 (24.0)

13 (7.7)

7 (8.0)

0.004

Parental hip fracture

18 (6.0)

4 (8.7)

10 (6.0)

4 (4.5)

0.629

Smoking

33 (10.9)

3 (6.5)

22 (13.1)

8 (9.1)

0.362

Glucocorticoids

2 (0.6)

1 (2.2)

1 (0.6)

0 (0)

a

Rheumatoid Arthritis

24 (7.9)

8 (17.4)

14 (8.3)

2 (2.3)

0.009

Secondary Osteoporosis

36 (11.9)

4 (8.7)

25 (14.9)

7 (8.0)

0.204

Alcohol

2 (0.7)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (2.3)

a

BMDb (g/cm2)

0.928 ± 0.146

0.876 ± 0.150

0.933 ± 0.153

0.946 ± 0.124

0.025

Men

N = 302

N = 46

N = 158

N = 98

 

Age (years)

57 (52–65)

68 (60–76)

57 (66–52)

54 (51–59)

0.001

Weight (kg)

83.7 ± 12.7

87.3 ± 12.9

83.0 ± 13.0

83.3 ± 11.9

0.108

Height (cm)

174.5 ± 6.4

173.7 ± 7.2

174.4 ± 6.1

175.0 ± 6.4

0.496

Prior Fracture

49 (16.2)

6 (13.0)

29 (18.4)

14 (14.3)

0.565

Parental hip fracture

23 (7.6)

3 (6.5)

15 (9.5)

5 (5.1)

0.417

Smoking

31 (10.3)

3 (6.5)

17 (5.6)

11 (11.2)

0.657

Glucocorticoids

1 (0.3)

0 (0)

1 (0.6)

0 (0)

a

Rheumatoid Arthritis

7 (2.3)

1 (2.2)

6 (3.8)

0 (0)

0.145

Secondary Osteoporosis

4 (1.3)

0 (0)

4 (14.9)

0 (0)

a

Alcohol

82 (27.2)

12 (26.1)

44 (27.8)

26 (26.5)

0.959

BMD (g/cm2)

0.982 ± 0.127

1.016 ± 0.150

0.962 ± 0.116

1.000 ± 0.127

0.009

  1. aToo few to conduct statistical analysis
  2. b Bone mineral density (BMD)