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Table 1 The baseline characteristics of participants

From: A cross-sectional study for estimation of associations between education level and osteoporosis in a Chinese men sample

Variables

Total sample

Education level

P value

Primary school

Junior high school

Senior high school

College

Demographic information

      

N

1092

112

366

315

299

-

Age

64.11 ± 9.77

71.1 ± 7.91

62.31 ± 10.22

62.15 ± 10.51

65.77 ± 7.27

<0.001

Height

168.16 ± 5.61

164.67 ± 5.65

168.72 ± 4.15

169.33 ± 6.99

169.17 ± 6.34

0.030

Weight

67.96 ± 11.94

65.09 ± 10.25

69.24 ± 13.89

67.87 ± 9.26

66.75 ± 10.82

0.654

Lifestyle

      

Smoking

397(36.39 %)

41(36.61 %)

159(43.56 %)

127(40.32 %)

70(23.41 %)

<0.001

Alcohol intake

333(30.58 %)

38(34.23 %)

126(34.52 %)

93(29.62 %)

76(25.42 %)

0.064

Excise

705(64.56 %)

64(57.14 %)

213(58.2 %)

200(63.49 %)

228(76.25 %)

<0.001

Medical history

      

HTN

494(45.78 %)

56(50.45 %)

157(43.13 %)

144(46.45 %)

137(46.6 %)

0.544

CAD

108(10.29 %)

11(10 %)

30(8.5 %)

37(12.21 %)

30(10.56 %)

0.480

DM

104(9.73 %)

12(10.81 %)

32(8.91 %)

24(7.84 %)

36(12.29 %)

0.279

RA

37(3.43 %)

5(4.5 %)

9(2.48 %)

11(3.54 %)

12(4.1 %)

0.620

Therapy history

      

Vitamin C

115(10.53 %)

5(4.46 %)

22(6.01 %)

33(10.48 %)

55(18.39 %)

<0.001

Vitamin D

29(2.66 %)

0(0 %)

4(1.09 %)

7(2.22 %)

18(6.02 %)

<0.001

Outcomes

      

T-score

−1.23 ± 0.91

−1.42 ± 1.06

−1.3 ± 0.86

−1.21 ± 0.85

−1.08 ± 0.95

0.002

OP

96(8.79 %)

20(17.86 %)

29(7.92 %)

20(6.35 %)

27(9.03 %)

0.003

  1. Note: HTN hypertension, CAD coronary artery disease, DM diabetes mellitus, RA Rheumatoid arthritis, OP Osteoporosis