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. 2019 May 8;14(1):51. doi: 10.1007/s11657-019-0603-4

Table 1.

Descriptive data for all women and women in the mammography, mail, and internet-based groups

All women Mammography group Mail group Internet-based group
n = 1120 n = 400 n = 438 n = 282
Median (IQR1) Median (IQR1) Median (IQR1) Median (IQR1) p value2
Age (years) 61.0 (58.0–63.0) 62.0 (60.0–64.0) 60.0 (57.0–62.0) 60.0 (57.0–62.0) p < 0.001
Weight (kg) 68.0 (61.0–76.0) 70.0 (62.0–78.0) 67.0 (60.0–77.0) 67.5 (61.0–75.0) p = 0.044
Height (cm) 167.0 (163.0–170.0) 166.0 (162.0–170.0) 167.0 (163.0–171.0) 167.0 (163.0–170.0) p = 0.17
Body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2) 24.4 (22.1–27.3) 24.9 (22.6–27.7) 24.0 (21.7–27.1) 24.1 (22.3–26.5) p = 0.004
n (%) n (%) n (%)
Previous fracture (yes) 221 (19.7) 82 (20.5) 97 (22.1) 42 (14.9) p = 0.13
Parent fractured hip (yes) 230 (20.5) 87 (21.8) 81 (18.5) 62 (22.0) p = 0.49
Current smoking (yes) 89 (7.9) 27 (6.8) 37 (8.4) 25 (8.9) p = 0.64
Glucocorticoids (yes) 94 (8.4) 40 (10.0) 40 (9.1) 14 (5.0) p = 0.093
Rheumatoid arthritis (yes) 49 (8.4) 22 (5.5) 11 (2.5) 16 (5.7) p = 0.004
Secondary osteoporosis (yes) 75 (6.7) 24 (6.0) 40 (9.1) 11 (3.9) p = 0.022
Alcohol 3 or more units per day (yes) 24 (2.1) 5 (1.3) 15 (3.4) 4 (1.4) p = 0.086

1Interquartile range

2p value between mammography, mail, and internet-based groups