Awareness of osteoporosis among 368 residents in China: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 The associations between risk factors and overall awareness score in the multivariable linear regression models

Variables	β	SE	P value
Male vs Female	−0.598	0.464	0.198
Age in year	0.008	0.019	0.676
Body mass index (kg/m²)	0.108	0.057	0.060
Residence
Urban vs Rural	0.651	0.543	0.231
Suburban vs Rural	−0.292	0.547	0.595
Education level
Junior vs Primary and below	1.551	0.568	0.007
Senior vs Primary and below	2.333	0.644	0.000
Graduate vs Primary and below	1.857	0.693	0.008
Family annual income (US dollar)
< 1400 vs ≥14,000	−1.171	0.549	0.039
1400–6999 vs ≥14,000	−1.243	0.537	0.021
7000–13,999 vs ≥14,000	−1.136	0.532	0.033
Prior BMD test vs No prior BMD test	0.555	0.498	0.266
Prior fracture vs No prior fracture	−0.850	0.560	0.130
Smoker
Current vs Never	−1.067	.703	0.130
Past vs Never	−0.581	0.659	0.378
Alcohol user vs No alcohol user	1.021	0.535	0.057

Abbreviations: β regression coefficient, SE standard error, BMD bone mineral density
P significant at ≤0.05

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