Research Article

What Do Israeli Osteoporotic Men Know and Do about Their Disease?

Table 1

Sociodemographic and health characteristics ( ).

Sociodemographic characteristics

Mean age (S.D.)62.9 (11.3)
Mean years of education (S.D.)13.6 (11.3)
Marital status (%)
 Married85
Income (%)
 400–5999 NIS31
 6000+ NIS69

Health characteristics

Had an osteoporotic fracture (%)33
Mean (S.D.) -scores in lumbar spine−2.4 (1.5)
Mean (S.D.) -scores in femoral neck−2.7 (0.8)