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Table 3 Clinical symptoms in patients with and without osteoporosis.

From: The correlation of osteoporosis to clinical features: a study of 4382 Female Cases of a Hospital Cohort with musculoskeletal symptoms in Southwest China

Clinical symptoms

Osteoporosis

(n = 1455)

Non-osteoporosis

(n = 2927)

Chi-square value

Odds ratio

(OR(95%CI))

P value

 

# cases

%

# cases

%

   

neck pain

639

43.92

1524

52.07

25.823*

0.721(0.635-0.818)Δ

0.000

shoulder pain

673

46.25

1613

55.11

30.528*

0.701(0.618-0.795)Δ

0.000

lower back pain

1119

76.91

2252

76.94

0.001

0.998(0.860-1.159)

0.981

upper back pain

723

49.69

1445

49.37

0.041

1.013(0.893-1.149)

0.840

leg pain

1003

68.93

2064

70.52

1.157

0.928(0.809-1.064)

0.282

leg numbness

500

34.36

1109

37.89

5.195*

0.858(0.753-0.979)Δ

0.023

arm pain

600

41.24

1396

47.69

16.336*

0.770(0.678-0.874)Δ

0.000

arm numbness

530

36.43

1196

40.86

8.007*

0.829(0.728-0.944)Δ

0.005

bone fracture

254

17.46

120

4.10

222.124*

4.947(3.941-6.210)Δ

0.000

  1. *Osteoporosis vs. without osteoporosis, X2-test, P < 0.05
  2. ΔLogistic regression of relationship between osteoporosis and clinical symptoms