Table 1 Demographics and patient characteristics
Group 1 | Group 2 | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 93) | (n = 51) | |||
Gender | Male | 23 (24.7%) | 5 (9.8%) | 0.030 |
Female | 70 (75.3%) | 46 (90.2%) | ||
Age (years) | 70.4 ± 7.2 | 70.0 ± 6.2 | 0.707 | |
BMI (kg/m2) | 27.1 ± 3.5 | 27.4 ± 3.4 | 0.615 | |
Education (years) | ≤ 6 | 69 (74.2%) | 44 (86.3%) | 0.092 |
> 6 | 24 (25.8%) | 7 (13.7%) | ||
Income | Enough | 86 (92.5%) | 49 (96.1%) | 0.393 |
Lacking | 7 (7.5%) | 2 (3.9%) | ||
Current work status | Without | 70 (75.3%) | 39 (76.5%) | 0.872 |
With | 23 (24.7%) | 12 (23.5%) | ||
Other bone disease | Without | 69 (74.2%) | 37 (72.5%) | 0.860 |
With | 24 (25.8%) | 14 (27.5%) | ||
Low back pain | Without | 44 (47.3%) | 27 (52.9%) | 0.518 |
With | 49 (52.7%) | 24 (47.1%) | ||
CVD | Without | 71 (76.3%) | 45 (88.2%) | 0.085 |
With | 22 (23.7%) | 6 (11.8%) | ||
DM | Without | 73 (78.5%) | 40 (78.4%) | 0.993 |
With | 20 (21.5%) | 11 (21.6%) | ||
HTN | Without | 41 (44.1%) | 16 (31.4%) | 0.136 |
With | 52 (55.9%) | 35 (68.6%) |