Table 2.
Baseline data for matched pairs in compliant and non-compliant patients (N = 42) with no significant differences in both groups according to t-test for independent samples
| Non-compliant (N = 21) | Compliant (N = 21) | Total (N = 42) | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Age (years) | 60.9 | 7.2 | 63.5 | 8.0 | 62.2 | 7.6 | 0.271 |
| Weight (kg) | 78.2 | 18.7 | 76.2 | 15.3 | 77.2 | 16.9 | 0.706 |
| Height (cm) | 163.0 | 6.9 | 160.8 | 6.2 | 161.9 | 6.6 | 0.274 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 29.3 | 6.3 | 29.5 | 5.7 | 29.4 | 6.0 | 0.927 |
| L1–L4 (g/cm2) | 1.05 | 0.13 | 1.09 | 0.14 | 1.07 | 0.14 | 0.348 |
| Total hip (g/cm2) | 0.97 | 0.10 | 0.93 | 0.10 | 0.95 | 0.10 | 0.236 |