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. 2019 Feb 13;9:1965. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-38035-y

Table 3.

Univariate analysis of factors associated with humeral shaft fractures in adults.

Variables Number of individuals without humeral shaft fractures Number of humeral shaft fractures P
Male
(n = 215397)
Female
(n = 215593)
Male
(n = 19)
Female
(n = 12)
Male Female
Age groups (years)
   15–59 170990 170873 14 8 0.541 0.290
   ≥60 44407 44720 5 4
BMI
   <24 148554 161163 12 7 0.572 0.203
   24–27.9 58445 45004 6 4
   ≥28 8398 9426 1 1
Education
   Illiteracy 34592 40604 5 5 0.082 0.028
   Primary school 82734 80882 9 5
   Junior school or above 98071 94107 5 2
Occupation
   Unemployed and Retired 24507 38622 5 2 0.439 0.639
   Office worker and Student 50389 46414 2 1
   Others 9047 6904 1 2
   Manual worker and Farmer 131454 123653 11 7
Cigarette smoking
   No 117224 208487 2 12 0.002 0.981
   Yes 98173 7106 17 0
Calcium or VD supplement
   No 204439 201377 17 12 0.293 0.973
   Yes 10958 14216 2 0
Alcohol consumption
   No 100992 189119 5 6 0.082 0.001
   Yes 114405 26474 14 6
Average sleep time per day(h)
   ≥7 73623 76456 10 6 0.098 0.300
   <7 141774 139137 9 6
Previous history of fracture
   No 209398 211745 16 10 0.003 0.002
   Yes 5999 3848 3 2
Urbanisation
   Urban area 85442 85974 8 6 0.828 0.477
   Rural area 129955 129619 11 6
Children
   No or only one 115878 2 0.144
   2 68942 9
   >2 30773 1
Menopause age(years)
   <46 5392 1 0.002
   46–50 57674 7
   >50 19421 3
   Premenopausal 133106 1