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Table 1 The association between fracture and mental health and lifestyle survey items

From: Association between post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and bone fractures after the Great East Japan Earthquake in older adults: a prospective cohort study from the Fukushima Health Management Survey

Factor

Classification

All participants

(n = 17,474)

Nonfracture group

(n = 15,377)

Fracture group

(n = 2,097)

P value

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Age

Years

74.3

6.5

74.2

6.5

75.5

6.7

 

Follow–up period

Person–years

3.7

1.5

3.9

1.4

2.0

1.4

 
  

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Sex

Men

8,336

47.7

7,550

49.1

786

37.5

 < 0.001

Women

9,138

52.3

7,827

50.9

1,311

62.5

PTSD symptoms

No

11,688

74.5

10,451

75.3

1,237

67.9

 < 0.001

Yes

4,009

25.5

3,423

24.7

586

32.1

Experience of evacuation

No

9,382

54.0

8,298

54.0

1,084

51.7

0.228

Yes

8,092

46.0

7,079

46.0

1,013

48.3

Experience of earthquake

No

1,238

7.1

1,072

7.0

166

7.9

0.017

Yes

16,236

92.9

14,305

93.0

1,931

92.1

Experience of tsunami

No

13,452

77.0

11,821

76.9

1,631

77.8

0.309

Yes

4,022

23.0

3,556

23.1

466

22.2

Experience of nuclear accident (explosion heard)

No

6,941

39.7

6,088

39.6

853

40.7

0.169

Yes

10,533

60.3

9,289

60.4

1,44

59.3

History of mental illness

No

16,066

94.8

14,170

95.0

1,896

93.4

 < 0.001

Yes

875

5.2

741

5.0

134

6.6

Need for assistance

No

15,541

91.3

13,745

91.7

1,796

88.2

 < 0.001

Yes

1,489

8.7

1,249

8.3

240

11.8

History of cancer

No

15,243

91.8

13,450

92.1

1,793

90.0

 < 0.001

Yes

1,356

8.2

1,156

7.9

200

10.0

History of stroke

No

15,055

89.9

13,287

90.3

1,768

87.4

 < 0.001

Yes

1,688

10.1

1,434

9.7

254

12.6

History of heart disease

No

13,613

81.0

12,068

81.7

1,545

76.6

 < 0.001

Yes

3,185

19.0

2,712

18.3

473

23.4

History of diabetes mellitus

No

10,969

65.9

9,695

66.2

1,274

63.4

0.004

Yes

5,676

34.1

4,942

33.8

734

36.6

History of dyslipidemia

No

8,316

49.6

7,336

49.7

980

48.6

0.723

Yes

8,459

50.4

7,421

50.3

1,038

51.4

History of hepatic disorder

No

16,130

96.7

14,200

96.8

1,930

96.2

0.069

Yes

545

3.3

469

3.2

76

3.8

History of hypertension

No

4,986

29.1

4,405

29.3

581

28.2

0.182

Yes

12,123

70.9

10,644

70.7

1,479

71.8

History of thyroid disease

No

16,611

97.1

14,632

97.1

1,979

96.8

0.333

Yes

497

2.9

431

2.9

66

3.2

Smoking habit

Never smoked

10,187

61.3

8,866

60.5

1,321

67.3

 < 0.001

Former smoker

4,782

28.8

4,317

29.5

465

23.7

Current smoker

1,644

9.9

1,468

10.0

176

9.0

Drinking habit

Never drinks or rarely drinks (less than once a month)

9,307

55.2

8,121

54.6

1,186

59.3

 < 0.001

Former drinker

958

5.7

847

5.7

111

5.6

Current drinker (more than once a month)

6,596

39.1

5,893

39.7

703

35.2

Level of sleep satisfaction

Satisfied with sleep

5,309

41.9

4,738

42.6

571

36.9

 < 0.001

Slightly unsatisfied with sleep

5,122

40.4

4,488

40.4

634

41.0

Quite unsatisfied with sleep

1,650

13.0

1,408

12.7

242

15.6

Very dissatisfied with sleep or does not sleep at all

583

4.6

483

4.3

100

6.5

Exercise habit

Almost daily

4,303

25.9

3,829

26.2

474

23.9

0.003

2 to 4 times a week

5,231

31.5

4,620

31.6

611

30.8

Approximately once a week

2,505

15.1

2,193

15.0

312

15.7

Almost never

4,586

27.6

4,000

27.3

586

29.6

Job change

No

8,242

54.5

7,297

54.6

945

53.7

0.884

Yes

6,874

45.5

6,058

45.4

816

46.3

Loss of job

No

15,132

86.6

13,307

86.5

1,825

87.0

0.145

Yes

2,342

13.4

2,070

13.5

272

13.0

Residential changes

No

10,355

62.1

9,135

62.2

1,220

61.4

0.738

Yes

6,324

37.9

5,557

37.8

767

38.6

  1. Data are presented as a number with a percentage or a mean with standard deviation
  2. The interval scale between the bone fracture and no bone fracture group groups was tested using the log–rank test
  3. SD standard deviation, PTSD post–traumatic stress disorder
  4. p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant