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Table 1 Descriptive statistics by gender and morphometric vertebral fracture, the Tromsø Study 2007-08

From: Important risk factors and attributable risk of vertebral fractures in the population-based Tromsø study

Gender and factor

No Fracture

Vertebral fracture

P-value

Women (N)

1482

199

 

Age (years)

64.7 (9.3)

70.5 (8.6)

<0.0001

Weight (kg)

71.1 (12.5)

68.4 (12.7)

0.005

Height (cm)

162.5 (6.3)

160.4 (7.1)

<0.0001

BMI (kg/m2)

26.9 (4.6)

26.6 (4.5)

0.297

Total hip BMD (g/m2)

0.91 (0.13)

0.83 (0.11)

<0.001

Education

  

0.009

Primary school (n; %)

627 (43.0)

106 (54.4)

 

O-level

375 (25.7)

44 (22.6)

 

More than O-level

456 (31.3)

45 (23.1)

 

Physical activity

  

0.796

High active (n; %)

144 (11.2)

18 (10.5)

 

Low active

1143 (88.8)

153 (89.5)

 

Smoking status

  

0.750

Daily smokers (n; %)

265 (18)

37 (19)

 

Non smoking

1189 (82)

156 (81)

 

Health status

  

0.029

Good (n; %)

905 (61.9)

106 (53.8)

 

Poor

557 (38.1)

91 (46.2)

 

Men (N)

1040

166

 

Age (years)

64.8 (9.3)

69.0 (9.2)

<0.0001

Weight (kg)

84.5 (12.3)

82.8 (11.5)

0.078

Height (cm)

175.5 (6.5)

174.4 (6.7)

0.062

BMI (kg/m2)

27.4 (3.5)

27.2 (3.4)

0.457

Total hip BMD (g/m2)

1.03 (0.14)

0.98 (0.15)

<0.001

Education

  

0.147

Primary school (n; %)

324 (31.9)

54 (33.5)

 

O-level

287 (28.2)

55 (34.2)

 

More than O-level

405 (39.9)

52 (32.3)

 

Physical activity

  

0.577

High active (n; %)

213 (22.6)

31 (20.5)

 

Low active

731 (77.4)

120 (79.5)

 

Smoking status

  

0.988

Daily smokers (n; %)

159 (15.5)

25 (15.5)

 

Non smoking

868 (84.5)

136 (84.5)

 

Health status

  

0.574

Good (n; %)

662 (64.1)

102 (61.8)

 

Poor

371 (35.9)

63 (38.2)

 
  1. *P-values refer to univariate analyses.