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. 2014 Feb 21;4(2):e004226. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004226

Table 1.

Characteristics of the fracture versus non-fracture cohorts according to age (≤65 years and >65 years)

Women with fracture Women without fracture p Values
≤65 years n=170 n=382
Age (year) 54.0 (45.0–60.2) 50.6 (43.2–58.5) 0.019
Weight (kg) 69.1 (61.4–78.4) 67.6 (60.1–79.0) 0.386
Height (cm) 162.2±6.5 161.9±5.9 0.619
Depression (12 months) 17 (10.0%) 60 (15.7%) 0.074
Physical activity (active) 117 (79.6%) 275 (75.6%) 0.328
Alcohol consumption (current) 77 (52.4%) 198 (54.4%) 0.679
Smoking (current) 20 (26.7%) 40 (11.0%) <0.001
>65 years n=126 n=208
Age (year) 72.2 (69.2–76.4) 74.1 (70.3–81.0) 0.002
Weight (kg) 64.7 (57.0–70.6) 63.7 (56.0–71.9) 0.736
Height (cm) 157.21±6.3 156.7±6.4 0.502
Depression (12 months) 12 (9.5%) 7 (3.4%) 0.019
Physical activity (active) 48 (45.7%) 78 (50.0%) 0.497
Alcohol consumption (current) 40 (38.1%) 69 (44.2%) 0.324
Smoking (current) 3 (5.3%) 3 (1.9%) 0.192

Values are given as median (IQR), mean (±SD) or n (%)