Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants with no bone marrow lesions at baseline
| Incident BMLs (n = 32) |
Without incident BMLs (n = 198) |
P valuea | |
| Age, years | 57.6 (5.8) | 57.7 (5.0) | 0.91 |
| Number of females (percentage of females) | 23 (72%) | 120 (61%) | 0.22b |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 27.9 (5.3) | 25.4 (3.8) | 0.02 |
| Energy intake, kJ/d | 8,822 (3,019) | 9,293 (3,063) | 0.42 |
| Saturated fatty acid, g/day | 35.7 (1.2) | 33.0 (0.5) | 0.03c |
| Monounsaturated fatty acids, g/day | 29.3 (0.9) | 27.9 (0.4) | 0.14c |
| Polyunsaturated fatty acids, g/day | 12.7 (0.7) | 12.5 (0.3) | 0.76c |
| n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, g/day | 1.2 (0.05) | 1.2 (0.02) | 0.60c |
| n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, g/day | 11.3 (0.6) | 11.4 (0.3) | 0.92c |
| n-6/n-3 ratio | 9.6 (0.5) | 9.7 (0.2) | 0.82c |
Data are presented as mean (standard deviation) unless otherwise stated. aP value for comparisons between two groups using independent samples t test, bchi-square test, or cone-way analysis of covariance after adjusting for energy intake. BMLs, bone marrow lesions.