Factors influencing quality of life in Moroccan postmenopausal women with osteoporotic vertebral fracture assessed by ECOS 16 questionnaire

Table 1 Sociodemographic variables and clinical characteristics of menopausal women with and without vertebral fractures.

	All patients (n = 357)	With vertebral fracture (n = 128)	Without vertebral fracture (n = 229)	p
Age (years)	58.7 ± 7.8	61 ± 8.4	56.8 ± 6.7	<0.001
Age of menopause (years)	47.6 ± 5.3	46.9 ± 5.4	46.9 ± 7.5	0.89
Years since menopause: (years)	10.5 ± 9.7	14.6 ± 10	7.8 ± 8.5	<0.001
Marital status (%)				0.008
Married	68.1	60.2	73.6
Single	3.4	1.6	4.7
Widow	20.4	29.7	14.2
Divorced	8.1	8.6	7.4
Parity	3.7 ± 2.4	4.1 ± 2.6	3.4 ± 2.2	0.01
Education level (%)				0.002
No formal education	27.4	35.9	18.9
Primary school	16	11.7	23
Secondary school	38.7	32.8	43.2
High school	17.9	19.5	14.9
Body mass index (%)				0.7
≤ 30	66.6	67.2	64.9
>30	33.4	32.8	35.1
N° of comorbid conditions %)				0.11
None	51.6	42.3	54
1–2	44	50.4	42.4
≥ 3	4.4	7.3	3.6
Non-vertebral fractures (%)				0.001
Presence	12	19.5	6.1
Absence	88	80.5	93.9
Back pain (%)				0.2
History	28.3	21.9	31.1
Current	60.2	65.6	59.5
Absence	11.5	12.5	9.5
T-score				<0.001
Normal (%)	27.8	15.9	33.3
Osteopenie (%)	42.1	34.9	51.4
Osteoporosis (%)	30.1	49.2	15.3
BMD
Lumbar	0.977 ± 0.171	0.905 ± 0.175	1.016 ± 0.140	<0.001
Neck	0.852 ± 0.136	0.818 ± 0.130	0.873 ± 0.135	0.001
Trochanter	0.698 ± 0.123	0.655 ± 0.119	0.726 ± 0.111	<0.001
Ward	0.689 ± 0.153	0.635 ± 0.149	0.721 ± 0.137	<0.001
Femoral total	0.897 ± 0.136	0.838 ± 0.132	0.938 ± 0.117	<0.001

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