Table 1.

Baseline Demographic Variables

>Variable	White n=102	African American n=103	P Value
Location
Academic	52	60	.296
Community	50	43
Age*	77.8 (7.0)	80.3 (7.4)	.014
Weight*	114.1 (10.8)	111.1 (11.0)	.057
Height*†	61.7 (5.4)	61.3 (2.7)	.533
Smoking history	33	38	.395
Heavy alcohol use‡	3	8	.107
Family history of osteoporosis	5	1	.092
History of hip fracture	6	6	.986
History of vertebral compression fracture	15	0	<.001
Oral corticosteroid use	16	14	.671
History of a predisposing disorder	16	16
Current use of HT	23	11	.022
Current use of calcium	58	38	.004
Current use of vitamin D	47	21	<.001
Total number of clinic visits§
1 or 2	4	3
3 or 4	10	4
5 or more	88	96	.217

^*The table presents counts for categorical variables and means and standard deviations for continuous variables

^†Height was available for 75 white subjects and 64 African-American subjects.

^‡Heavy alcohol use defined as ≥3 drinks per day.

^§Total clinic visits prior to and including the year 2000.

HT, hormone therapy.