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Table 1 Participants’ demographic characteristics stratified by any-, hip-, wrist- and non-fracture group (n = 3,515)

From: Association of history of fracture with prehypertension and hypertension: a retrospective case–control study

 

Any-fracture group

Hip-fracture group

Wrist-fracture group

Non-fracture group

n

1074

48

347

2441

Female (n, %)

467 (43.5%)**

21 (43.8%)

148 (42.7%)

1204 (49.3%)

Age at interview (years)

54.4 (17.9)**

66.6 (18.6)**

52.3 (18.8)**

47.7 (17.9)

Age of first fracture (years)±

26 (15, 45)

53 (25, 74)

17 (11, 40)

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Body mass index (kg/m2)

28.7 (6.3)

27.9 (8.5)

28.3 (5.9)

28.8 (6.8)

Physical activity (MET-hours/week)±

13.8 (5.1, 35.5)

11.7 (5.1, 24.9)

14.2 (5.5, 37.8)

14.6 (5.3, 33.1)

Total fat intake (g/day)±

73.4 (52.1, 101.1)*

72.6 (48.8, 93.3)

74.5 (50.9, 108.5)

70.5 (50.1, 97.9)

Alcohol intake ≥ 3 drinks/day (n, %)

269 (25.1%)

8 (16.7%)

103 (29.7%)*

577 (23.6%)

History of diabetes (n, %)

110 (10.2%)

5 (10.4%)

34 (9.8%)

242 (9.9%)

Race

    

Mexican American (n, %)

140 (13.0%)**

5 (10.4%)

44 (12.7%)**

547 (22.4%)

Hispanic (n, %)

13 (1.2%)

1 (2.1%)

6 (1.7%)

91 (3.7%)

Non-Hispanic White (n, %)

726 (67.6%)**

33 (68.8%)

252 (72.6%)**

1050 (43.0%)

Non-Hispanic Black (n, %)

163 (15.2%)**

6 (12.5%)

38 (11.0%)**

647 (26.5%)

Others (n, %)

32 (3.0%)

3 (6.3%)

7 (2.0%)

106 (4.3%)

Smokers

    

Current (n, %)

283 (26.4%)**

7 (14.6%)

93 (26.8%)**

503 (20.6%)

Past (n, %)

269 (25.1%)**

15 (31.3%)

91 (26.2%)**

477 (19.5%)

Prehypertension (n, %)

504 (46.9%)**

26 (54.2%)**

164 (47.3%)**

975 (39.9%)

Hypertension (n, %)

275 (25.6%)**

15 (31.3%)**

96 (27.7%)**

541 (22.2%)

  1. Values with normal distribution are shown in means (standard deviation), unless otherwise specified. ±Values with skew distribution are shown in medians (inter-quartile range).
  2. Statistical significance against non-fracture group: *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01.
  3. MET = Metabolic equivalent.