Supplementary Table S1.
Characteristics of women recruited into the original COSHIBA study (2007-09) who did and did not participate in the subsequent 2015 VIBE study.
| Historic COSHIBA population who did not participate in the VIBE study | All VIBE study participants | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | mean (SD) | n | mean (SD) | p value | |
| Age | 2737 | 73.2 (4.3) | 463 | 69.7 (2.9) | <0.001 |
| Height (cm) | 2433 | 160.0 (6.5) | 422 | 161.0 (6.4) | 0.004 |
| Weight (kg) | 2589 | 69.6 (13.4) | 452 | 68.6 (12.0) | 0.167 |
| n | % | n | % | p value | |
| Smoker | 0.015 | ||||
| Current | 219 | 8.1 | 23 | 5.0 | |
| Past | 1058 | 39.2 | 165 | 36.2 | |
| Never | 1421 | 52.7 | 268 | 58.8 | |
| Weekly alcohol consumption | <0.001 | ||||
| None | 1219 | 45.2 | 155 | 33.7 | |
| Few glasses per week | 1153 | 42.7 | 235 | 51.1 | |
| 1 drink daily | 236 | 8.7 | 48 | 10.4 | |
| >1 drink daily | 82 | 3.0 | 20 | 4.4 | |
| Don’t know/can’t remember | 10 | 0.4 | 2 | 0.4 | |
| Educational level | <0.001 | ||||
| School education until 16 years old | 1485 | 56.3 | 214 | 47.3 | |
| School education until 18 years old | 247 | 9.4 | 77 | 17.0 | |
| Apprenticeship | 613 | 23.3 | 98 | 21.7 | |
| University degree | 116 | 4.4 | 46 | 10.2 | |
| Other | 50 | 1.9 | 6 | 1.3 | |
| Don’t know/can’t remember | 126 | 4.8 | 11 | 2.4 | |
P; p value for difference. SD; Standard Deviation, COSHIBA; Cohort for Skeletal Health in Bristol and Avon, VIBE; Vertical Impacts in Bone in the Elderly. Data recorded at COSHIBA baseline.