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

Table 2 Univariate linear regression analysis for associations among variables and T-score

Variables	β	SE	P value	95 % CI for B
Age	−0.009	0.003	0.002	−0.014–0.003
Height	−0.002	0.016	0.911	−0.034–0.030
Weight	0.008	0.008	0.279	−0.007–0.023
HTN	0.087	0.056	0.117	−0.022–0.196
CAD	−0.085	0.092	0.359	−0.266–0.096
DM	0.060	0.095	0.523	−0.125–0.246
RA	−0.248	0.153	0.105	−0.547–0.052
Smoking	−0.044	0.057	0.441	−0.157–0.068
Alcohol intake	−0.048	0.060	0.420	−0.166–0.069
Exercise	0.060	0.024	0.049	1.002–0.121
Vitamin D	0.026	0.172	0.881	−0.311–0.363
Education level	0.108	0.028	<0.001	0.053–0.163

Note: HTN hypertension, CAD coronary artery disease, DM diabetes mellitus, RA rheumatoid arthritis

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