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Table 2 Basic characteristics of premenopausal and postmenopausal women

From: Does coffee drinking have beneficial effects on bone health of Taiwanese adults? A longitudinal study

Variables

Premenopausal women n(%)

Postmenopausal women n(%)

P-value

Coffee drinking

  

<.0001*

 No

332 (47.03)

490 (62.74)

 

 Medium

146 (20.68)

150 (19.21)

 

 High

228 (32.29)

141 (18.05)

 

T-score

  

<.0001*

 T ≥ −1

410 (58.07)

269 (34.44)

 

 -2.5 < T < −1

115 (16.29)

315 (40.33)

 

 T ≤ −2.5

181 (25.64)

197 (25.22)

 

Age group (years)

  

<.0001*

 30–49

607 (85.98)

74 (9.48)

 

 50–69

99 (14.02)

655 (83.87)

 

  ≥ 70

0 (0.00)

52 (6.66)

 

Education

  

<.0001*

 College and above

197 (27.90)

46 (5.89)

 

 Senior high school

322 (45.61)

153 (19.59)

 

 Junior high school

127 (17.99)

151 (19.33)

 

 Elementary and below

60 (8.50)

431 (55.19)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

  

<.0001*

 Underweight

35 (4.96)

16 (2.05)

 

 Normal

419 (59.35)

337 (43.15)

 

 Overweight

145 (20.54)

230 (29.45)

 

 Obese

107 (15.16)

198 (25.35)

 

Smoking

  

0.1044

 Never

677 (95.89)

761 (97.44)

 

 Quit

11 (1.56)

4 (0.51)

 

 Yes

18 (2.55)

16 (2.05)

 

Drinking

  

0.0532

 Never

670 (94.90)

760 (97.31)

 

 Quit

3 (0.42)

2 (0.26)

 

 Yes

33 (4.67)

19 (2.43)

 

Exercise

  

0.0001*

 No

278 (39.38)

233 (29.83)

 

 Yes

428 (60.62)

548 (70.17)

 

Vegetarian diet

  

0.0661

 No

641 (90.79)

686 (87.84)

 

 Yes

65 (9.21)

95 (12.16)

 

Personal disease history

   

 Diabetes

13 (1.84)

63 (8.07)

<.0001*

 Hypertension

45 (6.37)

166 (21.25)

<.0001*

 Heart disease

15 (2.12)

33 (4.23)

0.0221*

 Hyperlipidemia

18 (2.55)

62 (7.94)

<.0001*

 Stroke

1 (0.14)

1 (0.13)

0.9430

Supplement intake

   

Vitamin D

  

0.9891

 No

688 (97.45)

761 (97.44)

 

 Yes

18 (2.55)

20 (2.56)

 

Other vitamins

  

0.0619

 No

626 (88.67)

667 (85.40)

 

 Yes

80 (11.33)

114 (14.60)

 

Calcium

  

<.0001*

 No

534 (75.64)

482 (61.72)

 

 Yes

172 (24.36)

299 (38.28)

 
  1. *P< 0.05