Table 2. Subject characteristics.
| Characteristics | Males
N=689 |
Females
N=762 |
|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 61.4 ± 9.2 | 60.4 ± 9.0 |
| BMI(kg/m2) | 28.7 ± 4.6 | 27.5 ± 5.5 |
| Height(inches) | 69.1 ± 2.7 | 63.5 ± 2.5 |
| Estrogen status positive† | --- | 368 (48.3%) |
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| Bone Density/Ultrasound | ||
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| Neck BMD (g/cm2) | 0.98 ± 0.14 | 0.87 ± 0.14 |
| Trochanter BMD (g/cm2) | 0.89 ± 0.14 | 0.72 ± 0.13 |
| Spine BMD (g/cm2) | 1.33 ± 0.21 | 1.17 ± 0.20 |
| BUA (db/mHz) | 83.27 ± 19.09 | 71.91 ± 18.16 |
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| Bone Geometry* | ||
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| NSA | 129.5 ± 4.61 | 127.78 ± 5.01 |
| FNL | 6.12 ± 0.75 | 5.33 ± 0.61 |
| IT_AvgBR | 11.79 ± 3.06 | 13.06 ± 3.47 |
| IT_CSA | 5.00 ± 0.82 | 3.81 ± 0.69 |
| IT_Z | 5.52 ± 1.15 | 3.60 ± 0.87 |
| IT_WID | 6.71 ± 0.65 | 5.92 ± 0.55 |
| NN_AvgBR | 15.08 ± 4.23 | 14.34 ± 3.59 |
| NN_CSA | 2.85 ± 0.43 | 2.35 ± 0.37 |
| NN_Z | 1.95 ± 0.39 | 1.43 ± 0.30 |
| NN_WID | 3.95 ± 0.43 | 3.50 ± 0.38 |
| S_AvgBR | 4.15 ± 1.14 | 5.00 ± 1.36 |
| S_CSA | 4.47 ± 0.60 | 3.36 ± 0.53 |
| S_Z | 2.90 ± 0.48 | 2.02 ± 0.40 |
| S_WID | 3.59 ± 0.35 | 3.36 ± 0.31 |
Values are mean ± SD, unless otherwise specified.
†
Estrogen positive includes premenopausal women and postmenopausal women taking estrogen.
*
There are 187 less individuals (total 610 men and 654 women) due to missing values.