Table 2.
Dairy calcium intake (mg/d) according to femoral neck and total hip bone mineral density T-scores: Polish women (n 625) aged >55 years, RAC-OST-POL Study, May 2010
| Dairy Ca intake (mg/d) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-score | n | Mean | sd | Median | Minimum | Maximum | P value* | |
| Femoral neck | ≤−2·5 | 59 | 360·4 | 226·1 | 274·9† | 3·6 | 1915·1 | 0·0019 |
| >−2·5 | 559 | 431·1 | 263·1 | 383·0† | 15·5 | 1922·9 | ||
| Total hip | ≤−2·5 | 23 | 311·1 | 202·2 | 239·2† | 99·0 | 770·3 | 0·0698 |
| >−2·5 | 595 | 428·0 | 271·8 | 374·0† | 3·6 | 1922·9 | ||
*Differences assessed by the Mann–Whitney U test.
†Variable was not normally distributed (verified by the Shapiro–Wilk test; P ≤ 0·05).