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Table 1 Comparison between excluded and included participants

From: “Inflammaging” and bone in the OsteoLaus cohort

 

Included (N = 1390)

Excluded (N = 77)

P-value

Age (years)

64.5 ± 7.6

63.7 ± 7.8

0.379

Body mass index (kg/m2)

25.9 ± 4.5

26.3 ± 4.7

0.440

Smoking (%)

0.425 §

 Never

650 (46.8)

25 (41.7)

 

 Former

503 (36.2)

21 (35)

 

 Current

237 (17.1)

14 (23.3)

 

Alcohol consumption (%)

0.381 §

 None

409 (29.4)

27 (35.1)

 

 1–20 units/week

956 (68.8)

50 (64.9)

 

 21+ units /week

25 (1.8)

0 (0)

 

Diabetes (%)

67 (4.8)

6 (8.2)

0.797

Osteoporosis (any location)

139 (10.0)

10 (13.0)

0.713

Calcium and vitamin D (%)

497 (35)

45 (58)

< 0.001

Hormone replacement therapy (%)

323 (23)

9 (11)

0.018

Other current OP treatment (%)

58 (4.2)

12 (15.5)

< 0.001 §

  1. OP, osteoporosis. Results are expressed as number of participants (column %) or as mean ± standard deviation. Statistical analysis performed using chi-square or Fisher’s exact test (§) for categorical variables and student’s t-test for continuous variables