Research Article

High Body Mass Index and Triglycerides Help Protect against Osteoporosis in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Table 5

Logistic regression model of TG categories for osteoporosis in patients with T2DM adjusting for covariates.

Normal TG groupHypertriglyceridemic group for trend

No. of subjects4633
Model 11.00 (reference)0.315 (0.119, 0.830)0.020
Model 21.00 (reference)0.242 (0.082, 0.709)0.010
Model 31.00 (reference)0.299 (0.091, 0.989)0.048

Note: data were expressed as OR (95CI). Model 1: crude model; model 2: adjusted for gender and smoking; model 3: adjusted for gender, smoking, hypertension, TG, and Cr. Abbreviations: Cr: creatinine; OR: odds ratio; T2DM: type 2 diabetes mellitus; TG: triglyceride; 95CI: 95% confidence interval.