Subjective evaluation of the frequency of coffee intake and relationship to osteoporosis in Chinese men

Table 2 Univariate linear regression analysis for associations among variables and T-score

Variables	β	SE	P value	95 % CI for β
Age	−0.008	0.003	0.002	−0.014 to −0.003
HTN	0.089	0.057	0.117	−0.023 to 0.197
CAD	−0.086	0.092	0.351	−0.267 to 0.098
DM	0.062	0.096	0.521	−0.126 to 0.248
Gout	0.078	0.151	0.623	−0.221 to 0.375
RA	−0.249	0.153	0.115	−0.557 to 0.051
Smoking	−0.046	0.057	0.448	−0.158 to 0.067
Alcohol intake	−0.045	0.061	0.423	−0.166 to 0.069
Exercise	0.063	0.023	0.044	1.002 to 0.121
Education	0.105	0.027	<0.001	0.052 to 0.156
Oil	−0.004	0.003	0.197	−0.009 to 0.002
Vitamin D	0.027	0.172	0.883	−0.311 to 0.363
Frequency of coffee intake^a	0.211	0.094	0.024	0.028 to 0.395

^aFrequency of coffee intake was categorized by group 1: seldom, and group 2: moderate
HTN hypertension, CAD coronary artery disease, DM diabetes mellitus, RA rheumatoid arthritis

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