Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants^a

Number

27

165

168

–

Age (year)

62 (59,66)

61 (57,65)

63 (59,66.75) ^c

0.002

ATA (year)

15 (13,16)

15 (14,16)

15 (14,17)

0.364

Frequency of pregnancy

2 (1,3)

3 (2,3)

2 (1,4)

0.128

Number of children breastfed

1 (1,2)

1 (1,2)

1 (1,2)

0.222

ATM (year)

52 (49,54)

50 (49,53)

50 (47,52)

0.019

BMI (kg/m²)

24.26±2.66

23.74±3.11

23.26±2.83

0.146

Milk-drinking habits

19 (70.4%)

127 (77%)

122 (72.6%)

0.582

Calcium supplementation

13 (48.1%)

88 (53.3%)

76 (45.2%)

0.334

Gastrointestinal diseases

4 (14.8%)

50 (30.3%) ^b

69 (41.1%) ^{b, c}

0.010

Hypertension

10 (37%)

25 (15.2%) ^b

22 (13.1%) ^b

0.006

CAD

1 (3.7%)

5 (3.0%)

5 (3.0%)

0.979

WBC (10^9 /L)

5.51 (4.58,6.23)

5.4 (4.5,6.22)

5.495 (4.5,6.2)

0.904

TLC (10^9 /L)

2 (1.63,2.41)

1.9 (1.53,2.31)

1.9 (1.6,2.2)

0.602

RBC (10^12 /L)

4.5 (4.18,4.63)

4.35 (4.01,4.62)

4.4 (4.11,4.59)

0.412

HGB (g/L)

134.23±8.35

133.43±10.59

136.76±9.37

0.053

PLT (10^9 /L)

213 (198.5242)

224 (186.25,263)

223 (188.75,254)

0.901