Table 3.
Medical history of study participants.
| Disease | Male | Female | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal(91) | Osteopenia(203) | Osteoporosis(65) | P value | Normal(177) | Osteopenia(449) | Osteoporosis(422) | P value | |
| Fracture | 14 (18.7%) | 44 (58.7%) | 17 (22.7%) | 0.215 | 31 (13.6%) | 79 (34.6%) | 118 (51.8%) | <0.001* |
| Cerebral infarction | 3 (8.8%) | 22 (64.7%) | 9 (26.5%) | 0.051 | 6 (11.5%) | 17 (32.7%) | 29 (55.8%) | 0.064 |
| Coronary heart disease | 19 (30.2%) | 28 (44.4%) | 16 (25.4%) | 0.085 | 14 (9.3%) | 64 (42.4%) | 73 (48.3%) | 0.012* |
| Hyperlipidemia | 31 (29.5%) | 60 (57.1%) | 14 (13.3%) | 0.235 | 52 (13.5%) | 170 (44.3%) | 162 (42.2%) | 0.088 |
| Hypertension | 43 (25.1%) | 97 (56.7%) | 31 (18.1%) | 0.870 | 59 (12.8%) | 201 (43.7%) | 200 (43.5%) | 0.006* |
| Lumbar intervertebral disc protrusion | 12 (20.3%) | 37 (62.7%) | 10 (16.9%) | 0.542 | 43 (20.0%) | 99 (46.0%) | 73 (34.0%) | 0.087 |
| Lumbar spinal stenosis | 6 (20.0%) | 16 (53.3%) | 8 (26.7%) | 0.416 | 22 (19.3%) | 50 (43.9%) | 42 (36.8%) | 0.656 |
| Knee osteoarthritis | 7 (17.1%) | 26 (63.4%) | 8 (19.5%) | 0.430 | 38 (15.8%) | 109 (45.4%) | 93 (38.8%) | 0.649 |
| Gout | 8 (47.1%) | 7 (41.2%) | 2 (11.8%) | 0.108 | 4 (16.7%) | 13 (54.2%) | 7 (29.2%) | 0.475 |
| Gastritis | 9 (22.0%) | 24 (58.5%) | 8 (19.5%) | 0.863 | 27 (17.4%) | 64 (41.3%) | 64 (41.3%) | 0.914 |
| Gastric ulcer | 5 (22.7%) | 14 (63.6%) | 3 (13.6%) | 0.767 | 4 (12.9%) | 8 (25.8%) | 19 (61.3%) | 0.051 |
| Type 2 diabetes | 24 (29.3%) | 49 (59.8%) | 9 (11.0%) | 0.148 | 24 (13.5%) | 75 (42.1%) | 79 (44.4%) | 0.301 |
| Steatohepatitis | 25 (34.2%) | 39 (53.4%) | 9 (12.3%) | 0.095 | 42 (19.9%) | 106 (50.2%) | 63 (29.9%) | 0.003* |
| Chronic pharyngolaryngitis | 19 (27.1%) | 37 (52.9%) | 14 (20.0%) | 0.782 | 54 (19.1%) | 119 (42.2%) | 109 (38.7%) | 0.483 |
| Allergic rhinitis | 20 (30.3%) | 38 (57.6%) | 8 (12.1%) | 0.288 | 26 (20.3%) | 62 (48.4%) | 40 (31.3%) | 0.081 |
Values are presented as N (%).
P<0.05 stands for a significant difference among groups (Normal, Osteopenia, and Osteoporosis) adjusted by age and BMI.
*P<0.05.