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

Table 4 Univariate logistic regression analysis for associations among variables and osteoporosis

Variable	β	S.E.	P value	OR	95.0 % CI
Age	0.072	0.013	<0.01	1.074	1.047–1.102
Height	−0.156	0.097	0.065	0.856	0.735–0.996
Weight	−0.052	0.048	0.279	0.950	0.865–1.043
HTN	−0.023	0.216	0.915	0.977	0.640–1.492
CAD	0.388	0.318	0.222	1.474	0.791–2.75
DM	0.097	0.351	0.784	1.101	0.553–2.193
RA	1.107	0.415	0.008	3.025	1.342–6.820
Smoking	−0.245	0.143	0.066	0.783	0.616–1.006
Alcohol intake	−0.344	0.134	0.010	0.709	0.545–0.921
Excise	−0.274	0.137	0.045	0.760	0.582–0.994
Vitamin D	0.800	0.504	0.112	2.225	0.829–5.972
Education level	−0.197	0.11	0.073	0.821	0.662–1.018

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

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