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Table 3 comparison between patients according to WHO classification of osteoporosis.

From: Risk factors of osteoporosis in healthy Moroccan men

 

No

N = 227

Ope

N = 313

OP

N = 52

p

Age: mean (SD), years

39.1 (14.2)

53.7 (15.6)

65.7 (13.0)

<0.0001

Weight: mean (SD), kgs

77.6 (12.1)

72.3 (12.0)

64.7 (11.3)

<0.0001

BMI: mean (SD), kg/m2

25.5 (4.0)

24.9 (3.8)

23.2 (3.8)

0.001

History of traumatic fractures, n (%)

27 (11.9)

45 (14.4)

12 (23.1)

NS

Current smoking, n (%)

31 (13.7)

64 (20.4)

11 (21.2)

NS

High coffee consumption, n (%)

82 (36.1)

92 (29.4)

17 (32.7)

NS

Low calcium intake, n (%)

78 (34.4)

193 (61.7)

39 (75.0)

<0.0001

Low physical activity, n (%)

84 (37.0)

203 (64.9)

43 (82.7)

<0.0001

  1. Comparison used analysis of variance (ANOVA) for quantitative variables and chi-square test for qualitative variables.
  2. BMI: body mass index; Ope: osteopenia; OP: osteoporosis.