Table 1: Participants demographic characteristics.

Characteristics Low Knowledge
(N=205)
High Knowledge
(N=95)
Total Samples (N=300)
24 item OKT-A score 9.40±2.720 16.03±1.859 11.50± 3.958
OKT-A exercise 5.66±2.190 10.85±1.902 7.30±3.204
OKT-A calcium 6.63±2.196 11.13±1.715 8.05±2.934
Age
≤44 56.6 66.3 59.7
≥45 43.4 33.7 40.3
Gender
Male 47.3 43.2 46
Female 52.7 56.8 54
Educational levels a
< 12 years 23.4 15.8 21
≥ 12 years 76.6 84.2 79
Marital status
Single 22 25.3 23
Married 78 74.7 77
Employment status
Working 82.9 86.3 84
Unemployed 17.1 13.7 16
Monthly income (IQD)
≤ 500,000 38 37.9 38
> 500,000 62 62.1 62
Living place
Rural 22.9 20 22
Urban 77.1 80 78
Family history of osteoporosis
No 73.2 71.6 72.7
Yes 26.8 28.4 27.3
Family history of fracture
No 57.6 62.1 59
Yes 42.4 37.9 41
Do you have osteoporosis a
No 87.8 92.6 89.3
Yes 12.2 7.4 10.7
Ever heard about osteoporosis b, c
No 9.8 1.1 7
Yes 90.2 98.9 93
Osteoporosis diagnosis or screening
No diagnosis before 81.5 83.2 82
Yes diagnosis 18.5 16.8 18
Smoking habit
Not smoking 80 77.9 79.3
Smoking 20 22.1 20.7
Alcohol habit
Non alcoholic 99 100 99.3
Alcoholic 1 0 0.7

Data expressed as mean ±standard deviation (M±SD) or frequency (percentage, %); IQD: Iraq dinner (1 US dollar is equivalent to 1200 IQD; a significant difference P<0.05; b significant difference P<0.001. c significant association between groups P<0.01.