Table 3.
Attitude towards osteoporosis and its association with magnesium intake among adults in Jazan, Saudi Arabia (n = 755).
| Variables | Attitude | P-value* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative | Positive | |||||
| N | % | N | % | |||
| Age | 18–29 yr | 89 | (29.6) | 212 | (70.4) | .001 |
| 30–39 yr | 60 | (29.3) | 145 | (70.7) | ||
| 40–49 yr | 57 | (42.5) | 77 | (57.5) | ||
| 50–59 yr | 42 | (47.7) | 46 | (52.3) | ||
| 60 and above | 6 | (22.2) | 21 | (77.8) | ||
| Sex | Male | 169 | (32.8) | 346 | (67.2) | .481 |
| Female | 85 | (35.4) | 155 | (64.6) | ||
| Marital status | Single | 101 | (32.5) | 210 | (67.5) | .636 |
| Married | 144 | (34.7) | 271 | (65.3) | ||
| Divorced | 6 | (26.1) | 17 | (73.9) | ||
| Widowed | 3 | (50.0) | 3 | (50.0) | ||
| Educational level | Primary and below | 3 | (60.0) | 2 | (40.0) | .811 |
| Intermediate | 10 | (45.5) | 12 | (54.5) | ||
| Secondary | 52 | (28.3) | 132 | (71.7) | ||
| University | 144 | (34.5) | 273 | (65.5) | ||
| Postgraduate | 16 | (44.4) | 20 | (55.6) | ||
| Diploma or vocational training | 29 | (31.9) | 62 | (68.1) | ||
| Residence | Town | 137 | (34.4) | 261 | (65.6) | .632 |
| Village | 117 | (32.8) | 240 | (67.2) | ||
| Have you ever been diagnosed by a specialist doctor as having osteoporosis? | Yes | 34 | (38.6) | 54 | (61.4) | .516 |
| No | 19 | (35.8) | 34 | (64.2) | ||
| I do not know | 201 | (32.7) | 413 | (67.3) | ||
| Overall attitude | 254 | (33.6) | 501 | (66.4) | ||
*
P-value is based on the chi-square test.