Table 1 Socioeconomic characteristics and health-related characteristics of participants
Variable | Category | N (%a) |
|---|---|---|
Age(years)b | 50–59 | 1,301(40) |
60–69 | 1,433(31) | |
70+ | 1,258(29) | |
Subjective monthly income | Low | 974(24) |
Middle-low | 1,011(25) | |
Middle-high | 996(26) | |
High | 953(25) | |
Education level | Less than elementary school | 2,723(65) |
Less than middle school | 543(15) | |
Less than high school | 545(15) | |
Graduate of college or higher | 164(4.7) | |
Body mass index | Underweight | 102(2.2) |
Normal | 2,394(61) | |
Obesity | 1,489(37) | |
Family history of parents with osteoporosis | Yes | 646(16) |
No | 3,320(84) | |
Bone mineral density | Normal | 490(13) |
Osteopenia | 1,910(49) | |
Osteoporosis | 1,592(38) | |
Total | 3,992(100) | |