Table 2 Demographic information of studied participants (n = 200)
Variable | Experimental group (n = 100) | Control group (n = 100) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | ||
Job | |||||
Employed | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 0.235 |
Housewife | 82 | 82 | 85 | 85 | |
Educational level | |||||
Illiterate | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.197 |
Elementary | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | |
Guidance School | 33 | 33 | 30 | 30 | |
High school | 36 | 36 | 35 | 35 | |
University | 9 | 9 | 15 | 15 | |
Marital status | |||||
Single | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 0.244 |
Married | 77 | 77 | 75 | 75 | |
Divorced | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |
Widow | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | |
Lactation status | |||||
No | 88 | 88 | 90 | 90 | 0.655 |
Yes | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | |
Smoking | |||||
No | 98 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 0.678 |
Yes | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Family history in osteoporosis | |||||
No | 91 | 91 | 90 | 90 | 0.562 |
Yes | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
History in a specific disease (Like diabetes, cardiovascular disease,..) | |||||
No | 85 | 85 | 89 | 89 | 0.712 |
Yes | 15 | 15 | 11 | 11 | |
Variable | Mean \(\pm \mathrm{SD}\) | Mean \(\pm \mathrm{SD}\) | P < 0.05 |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 43.39 \(\pm\) 5.20 | 42.94 ± 5.52 |  |
BMI | 23.15 \(\pm\) 3.45 | 22.97 \(\pm\) 3.71 | |
Number of accouchements | 2.84 \(\pm\) 1.68 | 2.77 \(\pm\) 1.53 | |
Bone density T-Scores of femoral area and spinal cord | 0.125 \(\pm\) 1.232 | − 0.238 \(\pm\) 1.124 |