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Table 4 Demographic and clinical comparison between ambulatory and hospitalized patients

From: High detection rate of osteoporosis with screening of a general hospitalized population: a 6-year study in 6406 patients in a university hospital setting

  

Ambulatory patients

Hospitalized patients

p-value

N

Mean ± SD /Number (%)

N

Mean ± SD /Number (%)

   

4561 (71.2)

 

1845 (28.8)

 

Age (years)

 

4561

59.0 ± 13.2

1845

64.2 ± 16.2

< 0.0001

BMI (kg/m2)

 

4478

25.1 ± 4.82

1690

25.4 ± 5.79

0.028

Sex

 

4561

 

1845

 

< 0.0001

F

 

3571 (78.3)

 

1196 (64.8)

M

 

990 (21.7)

 

649 (35.2)

GC use

 

4556

 

1836

 

0.078

No

 

3136 (68.8)

 

1305 (71.1)

Yes

 

1420 (31.2)

 

531 (28.9)

PPI intake

 

2910

 

1341

 

0.15

No

 

2096 (72.0)

 

937 (69.9)

Yes

 

814 (28.0)

 

404 (30.1)

Previous fracture

 

4555

 

1837

 

< 0.0001

No

 

3419 (75.1)

 

1120 (61.0)

Yes

 

1136 (24.9)

 

717 (39.0)