Table 3.
Clinical symptoms in patients with and without osteoporosis.
| Clinical symptoms | Osteoporosis (n = 1455) |
Non-osteoporosis (n = 2927) |
Chi-square value | Odds ratio (OR(95%CI)) |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # cases | % | # cases | % | ||||
| neck pain | 639 | 43.92 | 1524 | 52.07 | 25.823* | 0.721(0.635-0.818)Δ | 0.000 |
| shoulder pain | 673 | 46.25 | 1613 | 55.11 | 30.528* | 0.701(0.618-0.795)Δ | 0.000 |
| lower back pain | 1119 | 76.91 | 2252 | 76.94 | 0.001 | 0.998(0.860-1.159) | 0.981 |
| upper back pain | 723 | 49.69 | 1445 | 49.37 | 0.041 | 1.013(0.893-1.149) | 0.840 |
| leg pain | 1003 | 68.93 | 2064 | 70.52 | 1.157 | 0.928(0.809-1.064) | 0.282 |
| leg numbness | 500 | 34.36 | 1109 | 37.89 | 5.195* | 0.858(0.753-0.979)Δ | 0.023 |
| arm pain | 600 | 41.24 | 1396 | 47.69 | 16.336* | 0.770(0.678-0.874)Δ | 0.000 |
| arm numbness | 530 | 36.43 | 1196 | 40.86 | 8.007* | 0.829(0.728-0.944)Δ | 0.005 |
| bone fracture | 254 | 17.46 | 120 | 4.10 | 222.124* | 4.947(3.941-6.210)Δ | 0.000 |
*Osteoporosis vs. without osteoporosis, X2-test, P < 0.05
ΔLogistic regression of relationship between osteoporosis and clinical symptoms