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. 2021 Apr 20;42(21):2088–2099. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab151

Table 1.

Cohort characteristics of the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study and the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures

MrOS (men)
SOF (women)
All subjects AB ≤8.5% AB >8.5% P  -value All subjects AB ≤6.5% AB >6.5% P  -value
Subjects (n) 2782 2179 603 424 303 121
Anthropometric and ethnicity data
 Age (years) 76.6 ± 5.5 76.1 ± 5.5 77.4 ± 5.4 <  0.001 82.9 ± 3.2 82.8 ± 3.2 83.4 ± 3.3 0.082
 White 2526 (90.8) 1961 (90) 565 (93.7) 0.002 397 (93.6) 281 (92.7) 116 (95.9) 0.234
 African-American 92 (3.3) 77 (3.5) 15 (2.5) 0.209 27 (6.4) 22 (7.3) 5 (4.1) 0.234
 Asian 82 (2.9) 68 (3.1) 14 (2.3) 0.312
 Other 82 (2.9) 70 (3.2) 12 (2.0) 0.120
Body weight
 BMI (kg/m2) 27.2 ± 3.8 26.9 ± 3.7 27.9 ± 4.1 <  0.001 27.7 ± 4.6 27.7 ± 4.6 27.5 ± 4.5 0.596
 Overweight 1375 (49.4) 1072 (49.2) 304 (50.4) 0.597 169 (39.9) 121 (39.9) 48 (39.6) 0.951
 Obese 557 (20.1) 401 (18.4) 156 (25.9) <  0.001 125 (29.5) 92 (30.4) 33 (27.3) 0.529
Cardiac assessment
 Ventricular rate (b.p.m.) 80 ± 14.1 79.9 ± 14.1 80.5 ± 14 0.437 65.3 ± 9.7 64.9 ± 9.1 66.1 ± 11 0.278
 AF 295 (10.6) 229 (10.5) 66 (11) 0.407
 SBP (mmHg) 126.5 ± 16.5 126.4 ± 16.6 127.2 ± 16.1 0.268 137.9 ± 17.6 137.7 ± 17.4 138.3 ± 18 0.731
 DBP (mmHg) 67.5 ± 9.5 67.4 ± 9.5 67.6 ± 9.5 0.690 76.9 ± 8.6 76.9 ± 8.6 76.9 ± 8.6 0.982
Lifestyle
 Never-smokers 1107 (39.8) 891 (40.9) 219 (36.3) 0.043 271 (63.9) 197 (65.0) 74 (61.2) 0.455
 Ex-smokers 1619 (58.2) 1246 (57.2) 373 (61.9) 0.039 146 (34.4) 99 (32.7) 47 (38.8) 0.227
 Current smokers 56 (2.0) 42 (1.9) 14 (2.3) 0.542 7 (1.7) 7 (2.31) 0 0.091
 Current alcohol consumers 1825 (65.6) 1428 (65.5) 398 (66.0) 0.830 157 (37.0) 108 (35.6) 49 (40.5) 0.350
Medical history
 Stroke 102 (3.67) 86 (3.95) 16 (2.7) 0.135 59 (13.9) 43 (14.2) 16 (13.2) 0.794
 CAD/MI 481 (17.3) 366 (16.8) 115 (19) 0.191 55 (12.9) 33 (10.9) 22 (18.2) 0.044
 CHF 170 (6.11) 120 (5.55) 50 (8.3) 0.013 36 (8.5) 25 (8.25) 11 (9.1) 0.779
 Asthma 220 (7.91) 178 (8.17) 42 (6.9) 0.332 53 (12.5) 45 (14.8) 8 (6.6) 0.021
 COPD 145 (5.21) 105 (4.8) 40 (6.6) 0.076
 HTN 1389 (50) 1078 (49.5) 311 (51.9) 0.361 252 (59.4) 181 (59.7) 71 (58.7) 0.841
 Depression 48 (11.3) 33 (10.9) 15 (12.4) 0.659
 Parkinson 31 (1.11) 27 (1.24) 4 (0.66) 0.233
 Diabetes 363 (13.0) 281 (12.9) 83 (13.8) 0.576 58 (13.7) 35 (11.5) 23 (19.0) 0.043
Overnight polysomnography
 WASO (min) 114.9 ± 67 110 ± 64.7 132.8 ± 70 <  0.001 103.4 ± 72 91.4 ± 68 133.6 ± 76 <  0.001
 TST (min) 355 ± 69.4 362.4 ± 65 329.7 ± 78.2 <  0.001 348.6 ± 77.5 357.5 ± 74.6 326.2 ± 80.3 <0.001
 T90 (min) 14.5 ± 33 14.6 ± 34 13.9 ± 32 0.680 12.9 ± 36 14.2 ± 40 9.7 ± 21.6 0.240
 RR (min−1) 14.5 ± 1.9 14.6 ± 1.9 14.4 ± 1.9 0.230 15.3 ± 1.8 15.3 ± 1.8 15.4 ± 1.7 0.445
 AHI (h − 1) 20.1 ± 12.9 17.1 ± 10.30 30.8 ± 15.3 <  0.001 27.6 ± 18.3 23.1 ± 14.3 38.7 ± 22.2 <0.001
 PLMI (h − 1) 10.6 ± 9.9 10.5 ± 9.8 10.9 ± 10.1 0.462 13.3 ± 19 12.7 ± 19.4 14.8 ± 18 0.298

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation, or n (%). Bold values indicate significant P-values < 0.05.

AB, arousal burden; AF, atrial fibrillation; AHI, apnoea-hypopnoea index; BMI, body mass index; CAD, coronary artery index; CHF, congestive heart failure; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HTN, hypertension; MI, myocardial infarction; MrOS, Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study; PLMI, periodic limb movement index; RR, respiratory rate; SBP, systolic blood pressure; SOF, Study of Osteoporotic Fractures; T90, time of sleep spent below 90% oxygen saturation; TST, total sleep time; WASO, wake after sleep onset.