Participant characteristics in each arm of the study
| Benefit description | Absolute | Relative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harm description | Absolute | Relative | Absolute | Relative | Total | |
| n | 99 | 93 | 98 | 103 | 393 | |
| Age, years (SD) | 63.0(9.1) | 61.5(8.7) | 62.1 (8.1) | 65.7(8.3) | 63.1 (8.7) | |
| Weight, kg (SD) | 69.3(12.5) | 72.6(17.6) | 71.9(15) | 73.7(16.1) | 71.9(15.4) | |
| Height, cm (SD) | 160.5(12.3) | 161.5(6.6) | 161.4(7.1) | 161.1 (6.9) | 161.1 (8.5) | |
| Previous diagnosis of osteoporosis (%) | 5(5.1) | 3 (3.2) | 2 (2.0) | 7 (6.8) | 17(4.3) | |
| Fracture history | ||||||
| Personal (%) | 14 (14.1) | 14 (15.1) | 12 (12.2) | 17 (16.5) | 57 (14.5) | |
| Family history of hip fracture (%) | 13 (13.1) | 19 (20.4) | 13 (13.3) | 14 (13.6) | 59 (15.0) | |
| 10-year hip fracture risk, % | 1.2 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | |
| Median (interquartile range) | 2.3 (0.4–2.7) | 2.1 (0.4–2.5) | 1.6 (0.5–2.1) | 2.8 (0.7–3.5) | 2.2 (0.5–2.7) | |
| Self-reported risk | ||||||
| Unlikely (%) | 83 (83.8) | 70 (75.3) | 87 (88.8) | 81 (78.6) | 321 (81.7) | |
| Likely (%) | 16 (16.2) | 23 (24.7) | 11 (11.2) | 22 (21.4) | 72 (18.3) | |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| European (%) | 79 (79.8) | 78 (83.9) | 90 (91.8) | 94 (91.3) | 341 (86.8) | |
| Mãori (%) | 8 (8.1) | 6 (6.5) | 7 (7.1) | 6 (5.8) | 27 (6.9) | |
| Other (%) | 18 (18.2) | 16 (17.2) | 8 (8.2) | 12 (11.7) | 54 (13.7) | |
| Education | ||||||
| School only/none (%) | 45 (45.5) | 48 (51.6) | 52 (53.1) | 49 (47.6) | 194 (49.4) | |
| Tertiary (%) | 35 (35.4) | 28 (30.1) | 32 (32.7) | 38 (36.9) | 133 (33.8) | |
| Degree (%) | 19 (19.2) | 17 (18.3) | 14 (14.3) | 16 (15.5) | 66 (16.8) | |
10-year hip fracture risk is right skewed (skewness 3.2), median, (interquartile range), [Q2–Q3] are reported. Differences in age, European ethnicity, and calculated 10-year hip fracture risk were small but statistically significant.