Table 3 Number and percentage of deaths (all-cause mortality) and hip fractures within the groups during the ten-year follow-up period.

From: Levels of parathyroid hormone and IGF binding protein 1 and associations with mortality and hip fractures in older women

 

Normal PTHa

n = 250

Elevated PTHa

n = 88

P-valuec

Low IGFBP-1b

n = 124

High IGFBP-1b

n = 126

Low IGFBP-1b

n = 43

High IGFBP-1b

n = 45

Died n (%)

20 (16)

22 (17)

9 (21)

18 (40)

0.005

Hip fracture n (%)

10 (8)

16 (13)

6 (14)

6 (13)

0.565

  1. aPTH= parathyroid hormone, bInsulin-like growth factor binding protein 1, cChi2test, IGFBP-1 = Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1.
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