Assessing the Knowledge and Attitude towards Osteoporosis among Syrian Women: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Binominal logistic regression for predicting adequate knowledge towards osteoporosis among the study sample.

Variables	Categories	Odds ratio	95% CI (lower-upper)	value
Age range	18-30	Reference		0.193
	31-40	0.913	(0.741-1.126)	0.395
	Above 40	0.772	(0.583-1.022)	0.071
Social status	Single	Reference		0.094
	Married	0.802	(0.671-0.958)	0.015
	Divorced	0.859	(0.556-1.325)	0.491
	Widow	0.951	(0.643-1.407)	0.802
Weight	Under 50 kg	Reference		<0.0001
	50-60 kg	3.673	(2.617-5.155)	<0.0001
	61-80 kg	4.234	(3.010-5.956)	<0.0001
	Above 80 kg	9.170	(0.125-0.285)	<0.0001
Height	Under 150 cm	Reference		<0.0001
	150-160 cm	0.227	(0.165-0.311)	<0.0001
	161-170 cm	0.199	(0.144-0.276)	<0.0001
	Above 170 cm	0.189	(0.125-0.285)	<0.0001
Region	Rural region	Reference		<0.0001
	City	1.472	(1.258-1.723)
Educational level	Illiterate	Reference		0.141
	Primary school	2.053	(1.106-3.813)	0.023
	Secondary school	1.557	(0.862-2.813)	0.143
	University stage or above	1.615	(0.908-2.873)	0.103
Economic level	Bad	Reference		<0.0001
	Moderate	0.781	(0.561-1.087)	0.143
	Good	0.775	(0.563-1.067)	0.118
	High	1.356	(0.919-1.999)	0.125
Menstrual status	Age of reproductive activity (existing menstrual cycle).	Reference		0.036
	Menopause period (menstrual cycle stopped)	1.381	(1.022-1.865)