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Table 2 Baseline Characteristics of the Study Sample

From: Dietary patterns in Canadian men and women ages 25 and older: relationship to demographics, body mass index, and bone mineral density

 

Men

(N = 1928)

Women

(N = 4611)

 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Age (years)

58.8

13.5

61.2

12.2

Height (cm)

174.1

7.1

160.1

6.4

Weight (kg)

82.2

13.7

69.1

13.8

Body mass index (kg/m2)

27.1

4.0

26.9

5.1

Femoral neck BMD (g/cm2)

0.81

0.13

0.72

0.12

SF-36 physicala

49.9

8.6

47.6

10.0

SF-36 mentala

54.5

7.7

53.3

8.8

Sedentary timeb (hours/day)

14.6

3.1

13.9

3.0

Activityc(1000 kcal/week)

5.8

5.1

4.4

3.2

 

N

%

N

%

Current smoker

300

15.6

630

13.7

Current alcohol use

1479

76.7

2754

59.7

Antiresorptives

5

0.3

1317

28.6

Corticosteroids

178

9.2

623

13.5

Vitamin D from supplements

338

17.5

1551

33.6

Calcium from supplements

659

34.2

2574

55.8

Caucasian (white)

1822

94.5

4438

96.2

Chinese

54

2.8

80

1.7

North American Indian

24

1.2

56

1.2

South Asian

15

0.8

18

0.4

  1. a Scores range from 0 to 100 with 0 indicating worst possible health and 100 indicating best possible health
  2. b Total time spent sitting or sleeping
  3. c Moderate, strenuous or vigorous activity
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