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. 2026 Mar 12;37(5):1267–1278. doi: 10.1007/s00198-026-07932-8

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics; NoT, no treatment; AR, antiresorptive treatment; ROMO, treatment with romosozumab; PBST, prior bone-specific treatment; ANOVA, analysis of variance, aNoT vs. AR, lowest spine = lowest lumbar spine value of at least two adjacent vertebrae (L1–L4), avg. total femur = average value of the left and right femur, total spine = average BMD of L1–L4

NoT AR ROMO ANOVA
n = 33 n = 12 n = 11 n = 10
Age [years] 52.2 ± 9.3 63.6 ± 9.4 54.8 ± 7.5 p = 0.011a
Menopause [years] 49.9 ± 1.4 50.1 ± 3.7 50.0 ± 3.2 NS
BMI [kg/m2] 24.2 ± 6.2 23.5 ± 2.8 22.7 ± 2.5 NS
Baseline BMD
    Total spine [gHA/cm2] 0.87 ± 0.09 0.87 ± 0.14 0.75 ± 0.08 NS
    Avg. total femur [gHA/cm2] 0.79 ± 0.08 0.72 ± 0.12 0.72 ± 0.12 NS
Baseline T-score
    Lowest spine −3.0 ± 0.5 −2.8 ± 1.2 −3.9 ± 1.0 NS
    Lowest total femur −1.8 ± 0.6 −2.4 ± 1.0 −2.4 ± 1.0 NS
Genetic variant
    LRP5 75% 63.6% 80% NS
    LRP6 8.3% 9.1% 10% NS
    WNT1 16.7% 27.3% 10% NS
PBST 8.3% 63.4% 50% p = 0.016a
    Fractures
Vertebral 16.7% 72.3% 40% p = 0.017a
Non-vertebral 75% 54.5% 50% NS