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Table 1 General characteristics of participants

From: The association of asthma and its subgroups with osteoporosis: a cross-sectional study using KoGES HEXA data

Characteristics Total participants P-value
Asthma Control
Age (mean, SD, y) 55.9 (8.7) 53.2 (8.4) < 0.001a
Sex (n, %) 24.4 (3.3) 23.9 (2.9) < 0.001a
 Men 952 (30.1) 54,772 (34.4)  
 Women 2208 (69.9) 104,647 (65.6)  
BMI (mean, SD, kg/m2) 24.4 (3.3) 23.9 (2.9) < 0.001a
Income (n, %)    < 0.001a
 Missing, no response 471 (14.9) 20,322 (12.7)  
 Lowest 1125 (35.6) 44,950 (28.2)  
 Middle 996 (31.5) 59,632 (37.4)  
 Highest 568 (18.0) 34,515 (21.7)  
Smoking status (n, %)    < 0.001a
 Nonsmoker 2344 (74.2) 116,244 (72.9)  
 Past smoker 510 (16.1) 23,320 (14.6)  
 Current smoker 306 (9.7) 19,855 (12.5)  
Alcohol consumption (n, %)    < 0.001a
 Non drinker 1804 (57.1) 81,011 (50.8)  
 Past drinker 176 (5.6) 6091 (3.8)  
 Current drinker 1180 (37.3) 72,317 (45.4)  
Nutritional intake
 Total calories (kcal/d) 1722.6 (574.5) 1755.6 (582.6) 0.002a
 Protein (g/d) 57.8 (25.5) 59.7 (26.9) < 0.001a
 Fat (g/d) 26.5 (17.3) 28.1 (18.5) < 0.001a
 Carbohydrate (g/d) 309.1 (96.4) 311.8 (95.3) 0.117
 Calcium (mg/d) 449.3 (287.4) 450.4 (273.1) 0.839
 Phosphorus (mg/d) 878.5 (371.9) 898.6 (375.2) 0.003a
 Potassium (mg/d) 2233.8 (1142.2) 2271.1 (1109.4) 0.069
 Osteoporosis (n, %) 430 (13.6) 10,782 (6.8) < 0.001a
  1. SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index
  2. a Independent T-test or Chi square test. Significance at P < 0.05