| |
All age groups
|
65-69 years
|
70-74 years
|
75-79 years
|
80 years and older
|
P value a
|
|---|
|
Past history and present involvement of diseases (%)
|
|
Thyroid diseases
|
1.4
|
1.3
|
1.3
|
0.7
|
3.9
|
0.0915
|
|
Rheumatoid arthritis and connective tissue diseases
|
1.0
|
1.0
|
0.9
|
0.7
|
2.2
|
0.3419
|
|
Diabetes mellitus
|
10.1
|
9.4
|
10.7
|
10.9
|
8.7
|
0.9221
|
|
Asthma
|
1.2
|
1.6
|
0.7
|
1.3
|
1.3
|
0.7719
|
|
Hypertension
|
33.3
|
30.2
|
35.0
|
35.6
|
31.7
|
0.2787
|
|
Cerebrovascular diseases
|
3.7
|
2.6
|
2.8
|
6.4
|
3.9
|
0.0137
|
|
Coronary heart disease
|
4.7
|
4.3
|
4.6
|
4.9
|
5.7
|
0.4090
|
|
Malignant diseases
|
8.2
|
6.2
|
0.4
|
9.1
|
11.3
|
0.0115
|
|
Prostate cancer
|
2.4
|
1.6
|
2.1
|
3.8
|
3.0
|
0.0391
|
|
Steroid use
|
0.9
|
1.1
|
0.6
|
1.1
|
1.3
|
0.7588
|
|
Statin use
|
4.9
|
4.8
|
5.4
|
3.1
|
7.0
|
0.8217
|
|
Fragility fractures since age 50
|
4.4
|
1.2
|
4.4
|
4.9
|
4.4
|
0.7019
|
|
Lifestyle factors
| | | | | | |
|
Milk consumption (%)
| | | | | | |
|
2 glasses/day or more
|
8.1
|
6.2
|
8.4
|
9.1
|
10.0
|
0.0088
|
|
1 glass/day
|
43.2
|
40.4
|
43.9
|
40.4
|
53.9
| |
|
Several glasses/week
|
15.2
|
16.6
|
15.5
|
16.2
|
8.7
| |
|
1 glass/week or less
|
33.5
|
36.7
|
32.3
|
34.2
|
27.4
| |
|
Smoking status (%)
| | | | | | |
|
Current smokers
|
17.0
|
21.9
|
17.3
|
14.3
|
7.9
|
<0.0001
|
|
Ex-smokers
|
61.4
|
56.6
|
59.8
|
65.1
|
71.9
| |
|
Non-smokers
|
21.7
|
21.5
|
23.0
|
20.8
|
20.2
| |
|
Number of pack-years in ever-smokers
|
41.1 ± 28.3
|
40.8 ± 28.5
|
43.2 ± 27.8
|
39.2 ± 27.8
|
39.9 ± 29.5
|
0.3908
|
|
Alcohol drinking habit (%)
| | | | | | |
|
Less than once/week
|
38.0
|
33.3
|
37.8
|
40.9
|
45.8
|
0.0218
|
|
1-2 times/week
|
5.3
|
5.3
|
4.7
|
5.8
|
6.2
| |
|
3-5 times/week
|
8.9
|
10.4
|
8.9
|
7.4
|
7.5
| |
|
6 times/week or more
|
47.9
|
51.0
|
48.6
|
45.9
|
40.5
| |
- Values represent mean ± SD, median with interquartile limits in parentheses, or proportion.
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a A trend of each variable with aging was tested by a linear regression-based trend test or Cochran-Armitage trend test. Chi-squared test was applied when a variable had more than two categories.
