Table 2.
Knowledge level of osteoporosis and its association with magnesium intake among adults in Jazan, Saudi Arabia (n = 755).
| Variables | Knowledge Level | P-value* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor | Moderate | High | ||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
| Age | 18–29 yr | 92 | (30.6) | 147 | (48.8) | 62 | (20.6) | .143 |
| 30–39 yr | 49 | (23.9) | 115 | (56.1) | 41 | (20.0) | ||
| 40–49 yr | 47 | (35.1) | 71 | (53.0) | 16 | (11.9) | ||
| 50–59 yr | 22 | (25.0) | 50 | (56.8) | 16 | (18.2) | ||
| 60 and above | 6 | (22.2) | 18 | (66.7) | 3 | (11.1) | ||
| Sex | Male | 152 | (29.5) | 269 | (52.2) | 94 | (18.3) | .704 |
| Female | 64 | (26.7) | 132 | (55.0) | 44 | (18.3) | ||
| Marital status | Single | 93 | (29.9) | 155 | (49.8) | 63 | (20.3) | .158† |
| Married | 115 | (27.7) | 233 | (56.1) | 67 | (16.1) | ||
| Divorced | 5 | (21.7) | 10 | (43.5) | 8 | (34.8) | ||
| Widowed | 3 | (50.0) | 3 | (50.0) | 0 | (0.0) | ||
| Educational level | Primary and below | 2 | (40.0) | 3 | (60.0) | 0 | (.0) | .451 |
| Intermediate | 7 | (31.8) | 9 | (40.9) | 6 | (27.3) | ||
| Secondary | 58 | (31.5) | 88 | (47.8) | 38 | (20.7) | ||
| University | 113 | (27.1) | 233 | (55.9) | 71 | (17.0) | ||
| Postgraduate | 10 | (27.8) | 23 | (63.9) | 3 | (8.3) | ||
| Diploma or vocational training | 26 | (28.6) | 45 | (49.5) | 20 | (22.0) | ||
| Residence | Town | 123 | (30.9) | 205 | (51.5) | 70 | (17.6) | .337 |
| Village | 93 | (26.1) | 196 | (54.9) | 68 | (19.0) | ||
| Have you ever been diagnosed by a specialist doctor as having osteoporosis? | Yes | 24 | (27.3) | 41 | (46.6) | 23 | (26.1) | .369 |
| No | 16 | (30.2) | 28 | (52.8) | 9 | (17.0) | ||
| I do not know | 176 | (28.7) | 332 | (54.1) | 106 | (17.3) | ||
| Overall level of knowledge | 216 | (28.6) | 401 | (53.1) | 138 | (18.3) | ||
*
P-value is based on the chi-square test.
†
P-value is based on the Fisher–Freeman–Halton exact test.