Table 3.
Distribution of T-scores by age and sex
| Normal T-Score | -2.5 < T-score < -1 | T-score ≤ -2.5 | ||||
| Age stratum (y) | Men | Women | Men* | Women† | Men* | Women* |
| 40–49 | 399 (64.6) | 712 (61.6) | 195 (31.6) | 366 (31.7) | 24 (3.9) | 78 (6.7) |
| 50–59 | 383 (57.5) | 466 (47.0) | 236 (35.4) | 361 (36.4) | 47 (7.1) | 164 (16.5) |
| 60–69 | 423 (48.0) | 166 (19.4) | 340 (38.5) | 302 (38.1) | 119 (13.5) | 325 (41.0) |
| 70–79 | 191 (39.6) | 71 (12.0) | 188 (39.0) | 174 (29.4) | 103 (21.4) | 347 (58.6) |
| ≥80 | 52 (36.1) | 10 (5.9) | 59 (41.0) | 40 (23.7) | 33 (22.9) | 119 (70.4) |
| Total | 1448 (51.9) | 1425 (38.5) | 1018 (36.5) | 1243 (33.6) | 326 (11.7) | 1033 (27.9) |
Data are the number (percentage).
*p ≤ 0.001 on Mantel-Haenszel chi-square test for the trend.
†Not significant on Mantel-Haenszel chi-square test for the trend.