The Oslo Health Study: Is bone mineral density higher in affluent areas?

Table 4 Differences in BMD between Oslo West and Oslo East adjusted for age and other confounders.

	BMD ¹ (95% CI)	BMD ² (95% CI)	BMD ³ (95% CI)
Women (n = 626)	0.013 (0.004 – 0.021)	0.016(0.007 – 0.024)	0.012(0.003 – 0.021)
Men (n = 538)	0.004 (-0.006 – 0.014)	0.004 (-0.005 – 0.014)	0.003(-0.008 – 0.014)

Oslo West is more privileged than Oslo East
¹Age-adjusted. This figure differ from that in table 3 because of uneven numbers included in the analysis
²Adjusted for age and body mass index.
³Adjusted for age, marital status, level of education, body mass index, physical inactivity, smoking status and use of alcohol. For women the model was also adjusted for use of hormone replacement therapy (current and previous) and early onset of menopause.

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