Table 3.

Volumetric bone mineral density

	iBMD (g/cm3)	cBMD (g/cm3)	tBMD (g/cm3)
Trochanteric region
Young	0.313 ± 0.04a	0.541 ± 0.03b	0.130 ± 0.03a
Elderly	0.247 ± 0.04	0.525 ± 0.03	0.086 ± 0.03
Femoral neck region
Young	0.351 ± 0.04a	0.515 ± 0.04c	0.130 ± 0.04a
Elderly	0.272 ± 0.04	0.539 ± 0.04	0.049 ± 0.048
P value young/elderly differences
Trochanteric vs. femoral neck	0.6625	0.0003	0.0034

Integral (iBMD), cortical (cBMD) and trabecular (tBMD) volumetric bone mineral density mean SD. Statistical significance levels for comparing young with elderly women after adjusting for height and weight are given as follows:

^aP < 0.001;

^bP < 0.01;

^cP < 0.05;

ns: P > 0.05. Statistically significant Y/E_d between TR and FN after adjusting for height and weight are in bold in the last row.