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Table 1 Women’s characteristics in the study sample (n = 100)*

From: The reliability of the Arabic version of osteoporosis knowledge assessment tool (OKAT) and the osteoporosis health belief scale (OHBS)

Item

No

%

Age

  

20–29

20

20

30–39

44

44

40–49

27

27

50–51

9

9

Age Mean (SD)/range

37.1 (8.4)/23–63

BMI Mean (SD)/range

26.6 (5.5)/18–51

Marital Status

  

Single

17

17

Married

81

81

Divorced/Widow

2

2

Regular menses

  

Yes

75

79

No

20

21

Age at puberty

  

Less than 13

12

12

13–15

78

78

16+

10

10

Smoking status

  

Yes

21

21

No

79

79

History of steroid/hormonal therapy use

  

Yes

22

22

No

78

78

History of low trauma

  

Yes

13

13

No

87

87

Work

  

Health professionals

54

54

Non-health professionals

46

46

Place of work

  

Hospital

64

64

Faculty

17

17

School

19

19

Education level

  

Up to 9 years of schooling

28

28

10 years of schooling or more

72

72

  1. * Total is not always 100 due to missing values on some items.