Table 3: Knowledge of the osteoporosis risk factors of study women (n = 286).
Risk factor variables | Agree | Don't know | Disagree |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Osteoporosis is directly responsible for hip fracture | 201 (70.3%) | 72 (25.2%) | 13 (4.5%) |
A potential outcome of the disease is death | 45 (15.7%) | 124 (43.4%) | 117 (40.9%) |
Ageing is a risk factor for osteoporosis | 173 (62.5%) | 71 (24.8%) | 42 (14.7%) |
Male are more at risk than female for osteoporosis | 54 (18.9%) | 121 (42.3%) | 111 (38.8%) |
Race is a risk factor for osteoporosis | 62 (21.6%) | 139 (48.6%) | 87 (30.4%) |
Smoking may be a risk factor for osteoporosis | 157 (54.9%) | 83 (29.0%) | 46 (16.1%) |
Sunlight is a risk factor for osteoporosis | 61 (21.3%) | 52 (18.2%) | 173 (60.5%) |
Coffee consumption may be a risk factor for osteoporosis | 116 (40.6%) | 118 (41.3%) | 52 (18.2%) |
Heredity may be a risk factor for osteoporosis | 137 (47.3%) | 97 (33.9%) | 52 (18.2%) |
Small body frame may be a risk factor for osteoporosis | 109 (38.1%) | 84 (29.4%) | 93 (32.5%) |
Lack of exercise may be a risk factor for osteoporosis | 185 (64.7%) | 59 (20.6%) | 42 (14.7%) |
Menopause is a risk factor for osteoporosis | 160 (55.9%) | 90 (31.5%) | 36 (12.6%) |
Some medication may be a risk factor for osteoporosis | 147 (51.4%) | 105 (36.7%) | 34 (11.9%) |
Tea consumption protective against osteoporosis | 70 (24.5%) | 116 (40.5%) | 100 (35%) |
Calcium-rich diet has a protective effect against osteoporosis | 198 (69.2%) | 40 (14.0%) | 48 (16.8%) |
Walking daily has a protective effect against osteoporosis | 159 (55.6%) | 79 (27.6%) | 48 (16.8%) |
Salty diet may cause you to lose calcium | 109 (38.1%) | 145 (50.7%) | 32 (11.2%) |
First degree relative osteoporosis is a risk factor for you | 109 (38.1%) | 92 (32.2%) | 85 (29.7%) |