Table 3.
Age-adjusted mean femoral neck bone mineral density and geometry indices according to sex-specific quartile of plasma OPG concentration, the Framingham Offspring Study, 1996–2001
| Women
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Men
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| OPG quartile | Bone density (g/cm2) | Cross-sectional area (cm2) | Width (cm) | Section modulus (cm3) | Bone density (g/cm2) | Cross-sectional area (cm2) | Width (cm) | Section modulus (cm3) |
| 1 (low) | 0.85 | 2.26 | 3.36 | 1.33 | 0.97 | 2.77 | 3.70 | 1.78 |
| 2 | 0.85 | 2.22 | 3.30 | 1.28 | 0.97 | 2.85 | 3.82 | 1.87 |
| 3 | 0.86 | 2.22 | 3.29 | 1.28 | 0.98 | 2.86 | 3.84 | 1.88 |
| 4 (high) | 0.88 | 2.26 | 3.26 | 1.30 | 0.96 | 2.80 | 3.88 | 1.88 |
| Trend, P | <0.01 | 0.83 | 0.02 | 0.34 | 0.48 | 0.46 | <0.01 | 0.02 |