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Table 5 Variables associated with DALY losses adjusted by drug based therapy

From: Disability-adjusted-life-years losses in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis: a burden of illness study

Undiscounted DALYs

ANCOVA

Variables*

Constant

95% CI

P-value

BMD

0.1

(−0.3, 0.5)

0.607

Age

−0.1

(−0.1, −0.1)

<0.001

Prior osteoporotic BF (No)

−1.6

(−2.3, −0.9)

<0.001

Prior treatment with calcium (No)

−0.6

(−0.7, 0.2)

0.121

Prior treatment with calcium + vitamin D (No)

−0.1

(−0.7, 0.6)

0.877

Exercise (No)

0.3

(−0.1, 0.7)

0.188

Risk factors for osteoporosis

0.3

(0.1, 0.6)

0.018

Use of SERM (No)

0,6

(0.1, 1.0)

0.010

Discounted DALYs

ANCOVA

Variables*

Constant

95% CI

P -value

BMD

0.1

(−0.2, 0.3)

0.567

Age

0.0

0.0

0.003

Prior osteoporotic BF (No)

−1.1

(−1.6, −0.6)

<0.001

Prior treatment with calcium (No)

−0.5

(−1.0, 0.1)

0.090

Prior treatment with calcium + vitamin D (No)

−0.1

(−0.5, 0.4)

0.831

Exercise (No)

0.2

(−0.1, 0.5)

0.189

Risk factors for osteoporosis

0.2

(0.3, 0.4)

0.019

Use of SERM (No)

0.4

(0.1, 0.7)

0.010

  1. *For categorical variables the reference category is given between brackets.