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. 2020 Jan 18;106(5):455–464. doi: 10.1007/s00223-020-00657-8

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study participants by biological sex

Men Women p-value
N Mean SD N Mean SD
Age (years) 169 75.4 2.5 154 75.7 2.6 0.441
BMI (kg/m2) 169 27.7 3.8 152 28.3 4.9 0.174
N Median IQR N Median IQR p-value
Activity time in last 2 weeks (min/day) 156 187 127–274 146 206 141–283 0.267
Daily dietary calcium intake (mg) 169 1233 1011–1413 154 1087 913–1254 < 0.001
Alcohol consumption (units per week) 169 6.9 1.8–14.0 154 0.5 0.0–4.5 < 0.001
Total N N % Total N N % p-value
Smoker status 169 154 < 0.001
 Never 70 41.4 98 63.6
 Ex 93 55.0 52 33.8
 Current 6 3.6 4 2.6
Social class 162 154 0.958
 I–IIINM 70 43.2 67 43.5
 IIIM–V 92 56.8 87 56.5
No. of comorbidities 169 154 0.388
 0 33 19.5 37 24.0
 1 66 39.1 45 29.2
 2 41 24.3 39 25.3
 3 17 10.1 17 11.0
 ≥ 4 12 7.1 16 10.4
N Median IQR N Median IQR p-value
PSQI score 156 4 2–7 144 5 3–8 0.033
Total N N % Total N N % p-value
PSQI score > 5 156 58 37.2 144 62 43.1 0.346