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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population. Means, standard deviations, percentages, minimum - maximum and 95% confidence interval

From: Associations between health-related quality of life, physical function and pain in older women with osteoporosis and vertebral fracture

Sociodemographic and descriptive characteristics

Mean (SD)

Min-max

95% CI

Age, mean (SD)

74.2 (5.8)

65–89

73.3–75.1

Education, in years, mean (SD)

13.1 (3.4)

7–22

12.6–13.7

Living alone Yes %

45.1

  

No %

54.9

  

BMI, mean (SD)

23.2 (3.7)

15.8–35.3

22.6–23.8

Comorbidity Yes %

40.5

  

No %

59.5

  

Pain last week, NRS, (0–10), mean (SD)

3.4 (2.5)

0–10

2.9–3.8

Pain categories, % mild (0–3)

52.1

  

% moderate (4–6)

36.1

  

% severe (7–10)

11.8

  

Physical function

 FR cm, mean (SD)

34.1 (6.4)

18–56

33.1–35.1

 Walking speed m/s, mean (SD)

1.21 (0.30)

0.30–1.94

1.16–1.26

 Armcurls, mean (SD)

15.2 (3.8)

4–28

14.5–15.8

 30sSTS, mean (SD)

12.6 (3.9)

1–26

12.0–13.3

HRQoL

 SF-36, mean (SD)a

  Physical functioning (PF)

67.6 (22.9)

10–100

63.8–71.3

  Role physical (RP)

63.0 (29.0)

0–100

58.3–67.7

  Bodily pain (BP)

58.8 (23.7)

10–100

54.9–62.6

  General health (GH)

63.7 (23.3)

10–100

59.9–67.5

  Vitality (VT)

53.9 (16.6)

10–90

51.2–56.6

  Social functioning (SF)

84.1 (20.5)

25–100

80.7–87.4

  Role emotional (RE)

63.1 (20.6)

0–80

59.8–66.5

  Mental health (MH)

71.6 (13.2)

24–88

69.5–73.8

  Physical Component Score (PCS)

43.0 (10.0)

18.8–62.7

41.4–44.6

  Mental Component Score (MCS)

49.7 (6.6)

24.8–62.0

48.6–50.8

 QUALEFFO-41, mean (SD)#

  Score Pain

35.3 (25.2)

0–95

31.2–39.4

  Physical Function

17.2 (13.2)

0–55.9

15.1–19.4

  Score Leisure and Social Activities

25.8 (21.1)

0–95

22.4–29.3

  Score Views about Health in General

44.8 (22.5)

0–100

41.0–48.6

  Score Mood

34.3 (12.9)

8.3–75

32.2–36.4

  Total Score Qualeffo

26.7 (13.1)

7.5–65.3

24.6–28.8

  1. SD Standard deviation, CI Confidence Interval, BMI Body Mass Index, NRS Numerical Rating Scale, FR Functional Reach; 30sSTS 30 s Sit to Stand; aScore 0–100, 100 best score; #Score 0–100, 0 best score