Table 2.

Characteristics of Veterans with an E-consult by involvement of Bone Health Nurse Liaison

	With Nurse Liaison N = 118	Without Nurse Liaison N = 203	P
Demographic
Age, mean ± SD	69.8 ± 10.5	70.9 ± 10.7	0.39
BMI, mean ± SD	28.2 ± 6.1	27.3 ± 6.2	0.23
Gender, n (%)			0.90
Male	112 (94.9)	192 (94.6)
Female	6 (5.1)	11 (5.4)
Race, n (%)			0.42
White	81 (68.6)	144 (70.9)
Black	32 (27.1)	43 (21.2)
Other	2 (1.7)	5 (2.5)
Unknown	3 (2.5)	11 (5.4)
Comorbidities
Diabetes mellitus	41 (34.8)	77 (37.9)	0.57
Chronic lung disease	28 (23.7)	50 (24.6)	0.86
Neurologic disease	17 (14.4)	33 (16.3)	0.66
Alcohol abuse	21 (18.1)	39 (19.2)	0.17
Prostate Cancer	10 (8.5)	15 (7.4)	0.72
Rheumatoid arthritis	3 (2.5)	3 (1.5)	0.67
Anticonvulsant use	23 (21.1)	49 (24.3)	0.53
Corticosteroid use	2 (1.8)	3 (1.3)	1.00