Clinical Study
Utilization of Preventive Measures for Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis among Veterans with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Table 3
Associations of clinical variables with calcium and vitamin D prescribing, and BMD testing by multivariate analysis.
| | Variable | Calcium | Vitamin D | BMD | | value | OR | 95% CI | value | OR | 95% CI | value | OR | 95% CI |
| | Steroids (budesonide versus prednisone) | | | | | | | 0.31 | | | | BMI <21 kg/m2 | 0.06 | | | | | | | | | | Albumin <3.5 g/dL | | | | | | | 0.09 | | | | Year of steroid initiation | | | | | | | | | | | ≥2006 versus <2006 | 0.02 | 3.17 | 1.19–8.37 | 0.02 | 2.96 | 1.16–7.58 | 0.004 | 4.63 | 1.63–13.17 | | Continuous (per year) | | | | | | | 0.007 | 1.35 | 1.09–1.68 | | BMD | 0.04 | 2.04 | 1.02–4.08 | 0.07 | | | NA | | |
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