Table 3 Differences between subgroups showing statistical differences in mean age of patients regarding to gender (male younger than females) and to osteoporosis (patients affected by osteoporosis older than non-affected ones)
a. Mean age (years) | 55.3 | ± | 20.9 | (range 18 – 82) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | M | F | p | ||||
46.8 | ± | 19.3 | 68.0 | ± | 17.0 | 0.02521 | |
Comorbidities | |||||||
Osteoporosis | Yes | No | |||||
73.5 | ± | 11.1 | 47.4 | ± | 19.2 | 0.006473 | |
Smoking | Yes | No | |||||
50.3 | ± | 13.8 | 57.9 | ± | 23.9 | 0.3832 | |
Alcohol abuse | Yes | No | |||||
56.5 | ± | 30.4 | 55.1 | ± | 20.8 | 0.9498 | |
Diabetes | Yes | No | |||||
62.0 | ± | 14.1 | 54.5 | ± | 21.7 | 0.7054 | |
Previous fracture(s) | Yes | No | |||||
55.2 | ± | 21.3 | 55.3 | ± | 21.6 | 0.9698 | |
b. Gender | M | 12 | (60%) | F | 8 | (40%) | |
Comorbidities | |||||||
Osteoporosis | 0 | (0%) | 6 | (75%) | 0.0007 | ||
Smoking | 5 | (41.7%) | 2 | (25%) | 0.6424 | ||
Alcohol abuse | 1 | (8.3%) | 1 | (12.5%) | 1 | ||
Diabetes | 0 | (0%) | 2 | (25%) | 0.147 | ||
Previous fracture(s) | 5 | (41.7%) | 5 | (62.5%) | 0.6499 | ||