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. 2013 Feb 20;8(2):e56849. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056849

Table 2. Demographics, lifestyle characteristics, and select hip fracture risk factors of study population in Guangzhou, China.

Men (148 pairs) Women (433 pairs)
Cases Controls p Cases Controls p
Age, y 70.03±6.96 69.49±6.99 0.016 71.37±6.62 71.39±6.48 0.898
Body mass index, kg/m2 20.93±2.11 23.21±2.36 <0.001 21.40±3.90 22.93±3.07 <0.001
Marital status, N(%) 0.006 <0.001
Married 116(78.4) 130(88.4) 230(53.6) 296(69.0)
Unmarried/Divorced/Widowed 32(21.6) 17(11.6) 199(46.4) 133(31.0)
Education level, N(%) 0.001 <0.001
Primary school or below 80(54.1) 48(32.7) 277(64.9) 209(48.9)
Secondary school 23(29.6) 36(29.4) 42(9.8) 81(19)
High school or above 45(30.4) 63(42.9) 108(25.3) 137(32.1)
Occupationa, N(%) 0.022 0.002
Full mental work 31(20.9) 36(24.3) 64(14.8) 80(186)
Main mental work 28(18.9) 48(32.4) 64(14.8) 99(23.0)
Main physical labor 33(22.3) 25(16.9) 72(16.7) 60(13.9)
Full physical labor 49(33.1) 36(24.3) 208(48.3) 153(35.5)
Other 7(4.7) 3(2.0) 23(5.3) 39(9.0)
Household income, Yuan/month/person, N(%) 0.004 <0.001
≤500 7(4.8) 2(1.4) 35(8.1) 10(2.3)
501∼2000 65(44.2) 40(27.0) 197(45.8) 147(34.2)
2000∼3000 54(36.7) 79(53.4) 147(34.2) 195(45.3)
>3000 21(14.3) 27(18.2) 51(11.9) 78(18.1)
Social status, N(%) 0.008 0.001
Bad 44(29.7) 23(15.5) 103(23.9) 61(14.1)
General 54(36.5) 67(45.3) 206(47.8) 234(54.0)
Good 50(33.8) 58(39.2) 122(28.3) 138(31.9)
Family history of fractures, N(%) 0.087 0.137
Father 9(6.1) 5(3.4) 17(3.9) 12(2.8)
Mother 13(8.8) 5(3.4) 53(12.3) 36(8.3)
Orientation of houseb, N(%) 0.043 0.211
Exposure to the sun 122(82.4) 129(90.2) 337(78.9) 321(75.2)
Smoking statusc, N(%) 69(46.6) 54(36.5) 0.077 17(3.9) 7(1.6) 0.064
Passive smokingd, N(%) 45(30.4) 20(13.5) <0.001 95(22.0) 76(17.6) 0.081
Alcohol drinkere, N(%) 28(18.9) 18(12.2) 0.143 10(2.3) 16(3.7) 0.327
Tea drinkerf, N(%) 60(40.5) 86(58.1) 0.003 139(32.2) 169(39.1) 0.042
Calcium supplement user, N(%) 18(12.2) 39(26.4) 0.001 134(30.9) 171(39.5) 0.006
Multivitamin user, N(%) 11(7.4) 39(26.4) <0.001 36(8.3) 103(23.8) <0.001
Physical activityg, MET• h/d 69.01±47.91 71.28±43.59 0.624 76.35±45.30 88.36±64.37 0.001
Years since menopause, y 22.48±7.56 21.19±8.96 0.001
Oral contraceptive user, N(%) 25(6.0) 76(18.3) <0.001
Estrogen user, N(%) 7(1.7) 42(10.1) <0.001

Continuous variables were described by means ±standard deviation.

a

Occupation: “mental work” refers to those works which need less physical activity, such as administrators, managers, clerks, professionals or other white collars.

b

House orientations: ‘head’ referred to the orientation of the living room. Housing with east, south, southeast, southwest, northeast, and northwest orientations designated a head in the sun and other orientations designated a head in the shade.

c

Smoking was defined as having smoked ≥1 cigarette daily for at least six consecutive months.

d

Passive smoking was defined as being exposed to other's tobacco smoking for ≥5 minutes daily in the previous five years.

e

Alcohol drinkers were defined as having had wine ≥1 time(s) daily for at least six consecutive months.

f

Tea drinkers were defined as drinking at least one cup of tea per week in the previous six months.

g

Physical activities included daily occupational, leisure-time, and household-chores, evaluated by metabolic equivalent (MET) hours per day.