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. 2009 Jun 2;85(2):85–93. doi: 10.1007/s00223-009-9251-9

Table 3.

Characteristics of the study population of 6,181 elderly men and women by DBP haplotype 1 (Gc1 s)

Characteristica Total cohort Haplotype 1 of DBP codon 416–420 P
Noncarrier Heterozygous Homozygous
Number (% in entire cohort) 6,181 1,183 (19.1) 3,068 (49.6) 1,930 (31.2)
Female (% of group) 3,689 (59.7) 703 (59.4) 1,831 (59.7) 1,155 (59.8) 0.97
Age (years)b 69.4 ± 9.1 69.3 ± 9.1 69.7 ± 9.3 69.1 ± 8.9 0.07
Height (cm)b 166.8 ± 9.5 166.7 ± 9.4 166.6 ± 9.5 167.0 ± 9.7 0.11
Weight (kg)b 73.2 ± 12.0 73.2 ± 12.3 73.2 ± 12.3 73.0 ± 11.5 0.68
Dietary Ca intake (g/day)b 1.13 ± 0.36 1.13 ± 0.37 1.13 ± 0.36 1.12 ± 0.35 0.36
Femoral neck BMD (g/cm2)b 0.84 ± 0.14 0.84 ± 0.13 0.84 ± 0.14 0.84 ± 0.14 0.90
Lumbar spine BMD (g/cm2)b 1.09 ± 0.20 1.10 ± 0.20 1.09 ± 0.20 1.09 ± 0.19 0.82

aThe following adjustments were applied: age, adjusted for gender; height, adjusted for age and gender; weight, adjusted for age, gender, and body height; dietary Ca intake, subset n = 4747 adjusted for age, gender, and dietary energy intake; BMD, subset n = 5,027 adjusted for age, gender, height, and weight

bData are presented as mean ± SD