Table 1.
Patient baseline characteristics.
| Characteristics | Saudi Arabia(N = 364) | Kuwait(N = 225) | Lebanon(N = 106) | United Arab Emirates(N = 12) | Middle East cohort(N = 707) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 67.5 (13.6) | 70.5 (8.9) | 73.0 (8.2) | 72.8 (7.1) | 69.3 (11.6) |
| Body mass index (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 31.7 (7.2) | 30.0 (5.8) | 28.1 (5.7) | 31.2 (6.3) | 29.9 (6.3) |
| Bone mineral density (T-score), mean (SD) | |||||
| Lumbar spine | −3.86 (0.84) | −3.34 (0.69) | −2.61 (1.80) | −1.50 (1.30) | −3.13 (1.28) |
| (n) | 23 | 96 | 60 | 3 | 182 |
| Total hip | −3.36 (0.25) | −3.16 (0.89) | −2.60 (1.02) | −1.95 (0.64) | −2.88 (0.94) |
| (n) | 5 | 18 | 19 | 2 | 44 |
| Femoral neck | −3.65 (1.77) | −2.33 (0.67) | −2.95 (1.19) | −2.20 | −2.65 (1.02) |
| (n) | 2 | 37 | 35 | 1 | 75 |
| Patients with any osteoporotic fracture after age 40 years, n (%) | 126 (34.6) | 123 (54.7) | 71 (67.0) | 4 (33.3) | 324 (45.8) |
| Patients with total osteoporotic fractures after age 40 years, n (%) | |||||
| No fractures | 238 (65.4) | 102 (45.3) | 35 (33.0) | 8 (66.7) | 383 (54.2) |
| 1 fracture | 116 (31.9) | 114 (50.7) | 38 (35.8) | 4 (33.3) | 272 (38.5) |
| 2 fractures | 9 (2.5) | 9 (4.0) | 21 (19.8) | 0 (0.0) | 39 (5.5) |
| 3 fractures | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (8.5) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (1.4) |
| 4 fractures | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.8) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.4) |
| >5 fractures | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Previous fracture sites, n (%) | |||||
| Vertebral | 35 (9.6) | 40 (17.8) | 27 (25.5) | 0 (0.0) | 102 (14.4) |
| Non-vertebral | 94 (25.8) | 80 (35.6) | 48 (45.3) | 4 (33.3) | 226 (32.0) |
| Main non-vertebral* | 82 (22.5) | 67 (29.8) | 44 (41.5) | 3 (25.0) | 196 (27.7) |
| Hip | 65 (17.9) | 41 (18.2) | 23 (21.7) | 1 (8.3) | 130 (18.4) |
| Reproductive history | |||||
| Age at onset of menopause (years), mean (SD) | 46.9 (5.0) | 48.3 (3.6) | 47.1 (6.2) | NR | 47.3 (5.1) |
| Number of fertile years# | 33.9 (5.5) | 35.8 (4.2) | 33.8 (6.6) | NR | 34.6 (5.6) |
| Parity^, n (%) | |||||
| 0 | 30 (8.2) | 17 (7.6) | 11 (10.4) | 7 (58.3) | 65 (9.2) |
| 1 | 16 (4.4) | 3 (1.3) | 4 (3.8) | 0 (0.0) | 23 (3.3) |
| 2 | 19 (5.2) | 3 (1.3) | 15 (14.2) | 1 (8.3) | 38 (5.4) |
| 3 | 25 (6.9) | 15 (6.7) | 20 (18.9) | 0 (0.0) | 60 (8.5) |
| 4 | 36 (9.9) | 18 (8.0) | 13 (12.3) | 0 (0.0) | 67 (9.5) |
| 5 | 238 (65.4) | 169 (75.1) | 43 (40.6) | 4 (33.3) | 454 (64.2) |
| Type of menopause, n (%) | |||||
| Surgical menopause | 3 (1.1) | 7 (4.3) | 19 (18.1) | 0 (0.0) | 29 (5.3) |
N = total number of patients available; n = number of patients with valid (non-missing or unknown) values.
NR = not reported; SD = standard deviation.
*Radius, hip, humerus, tibia, pelvis, and clavicle.
#Age at menopause − age at menstruation.
^Number of times given birth.
Note: Percentages are calculated using n, the number of valid (not missing or unknown) responses for each item as denominator.