Osteoporosis among Fallers without Concomitant Fracture Identified in an Emergency Department: Frequencies and Risk Factors

Table 1

Demographic data on fallers included from emergency department, 𝑛=199, according to osteoporotic status. Results from ANOVA with Bonferroni correction for comparison between groups.

		Baseline characteristics			Results from ANOVA, P-values
		Normal	Osteopenia	Osteoporosis	Overall P	Normal versus osteopenia	Normal versus osteoporosis	Osteopenia versus osteoporosis
Women	Height mean (SD)	167 (7)	164 (6)	160 (7)	<.0001	.06	<.0001	n.s.
	Weight mean (SD)	78 (16)	72 (15)	63 (14)	<.0001	.054	<.0001	n.s.
	BMI mean (SD)	28 (6)	27 (6)	25 (5)	.04	n.s.	.03	n.s.
	Age mean (SD)	59 (7)	63 (9)	66 (8)	<.0001	.04	<.0001	n.s.
	N (%)	51 (41)	49 (39)	26 (21)	—	—	—	—
Men	Height mean (SD)	177 (7)	177 (7)	175 (7)	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
	Weight mean (SD)	90 (17)	85 (13)	77 (12)	.02	n.s.	.02	n.s.
	BMI mean (SD)	29 (5)	27 (4)	25 (4)	.050	n.s.	.049	n.s.
	Age mean (SD)	63 (9)	64 (9)	68 (8)	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
	N (%)	29 (40)	29 (40)	15 (21)	—	—	—	—