Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants
| Number |
72 Mean (SD) |
| Age (years) | 59.2 ± 8.3 |
| Years since menopause (years) | 12.0 ± 8.2 |
| Number of pregnancies | 5.2 ± 3.4 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 27.7 ± 4.5 |
| Physical activity score (min/week) | 3448 ± 1053 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 137 ± 17 |
| Serum level | |
| Triglyceride (g/l) | 1.3 ± 0.7 |
| Total Cholesterol (g/l) | 2.1 ± 0.3 |
| high-density lipoprotein (g/l) | 0.5 ± 0.1 |
| low-density lipoprotein (g/l) | 1.2 ± 0.3 |
| CA IMT (mm) | 0.8 ± 0.4 |
| FA IMT (mm) | 0.8 ± 0.3 |
| Lumbar spine BMD (g/cm2) | 0.917 ± 0.172 |
| Trochanter BMD (g/cm2) | 0.669 ± 0.121 |
| Femoral neck BMD (g/cm2) | 0.823 ± 0.109 |
| Ward triangle BMD (g/cm2) | 0.645 ± 0.140 |
| Femoral total BMD (g/cm2) | 0.860 ± 0.111 |
| Number (Percentage) | |
| Current smoking | 2 (2.8) |
| Osteoporosis | 40 (55.6) |
| History of personal peripheral osteoporotic fractures | 13 (18.1) |
| Number of individuals with plaque | 61 (84.7) |
| Femoral Plaque | 26 (36.1) |
| Carotid Plaque | 43 (59.7) |
| Plaques echogenicity | |
| No plaque | 11 (15.3) |
| Type I echolucent | 23 (31.9) |
| Type II predominantly echolucent | 12 (16.7) |
| Type III predominantly echogenic | 7 (9.7) |
| Type IV echogenic | 19 (26.4) |
CA: carotid artery, IMT: intima-media thickness, FA: Femoral artery