Table 2.

aBMD by DXA

	Unadjusted			Adjusted*
	White (mean ± SD)	Chinese (mean ± SD)	p value (white vs. Chinese)	White (least square mean ± SD)	Chinese (least square mean ± SD)	p value (white vs. Chinese)
LS (g/cm2)	1.028 ± 0.152	1.017 ± 0.108	0.73	0.975 ± 0.111	1.058 ± 0.120	<0.03
LS T-score	−0.2 ± 1.4	−0.3 ± 1.0	0.72	−0.7 ± 1.0	0.1 ± 1.1	<0.03
LS Z-score	−0.1 ± 1.4	−0.2 ± 1.0	0.74	−0.6 ± 1.0	0.2 ± 1.1	<0.03
FN (g/cm2)	0.809 ± 0.129	0.788 ± 0.083	0.44	0.757 ± 0.104	0.831 ± 0.111	<0.05
FN T-score	−0.4 ± 1.2	−0.6 ± 0.8	0.46	−0.8 ± 0.9	−0.2 ± 1.0	<0.05
FN Z-score	−0.2 ± 1.2	−0.4 ± 0.8	0.49	−0.7 ± 0.9	0.0 ± 1.0	<0.05
TH (g/cm2)	0.932 ± 0.134	0.910 ± 0.093	0.47	0.866 ± 0.108	0.963 ± 0.116	<0.01
TH T-score	−0.1 ± 1.1	−0.3 ± 0.8	0.48	−0.6 ± 0.9	0.2 ± 0.9	<0.01
TH Z-score	0.0 ± 1.1	−0.2 ± 0.8	0.50	−0.5 ± 0.9	0.3 ± 9	<0.01
One-third radius (g/cm2)	0.708 ± 0.047	0.691 ± 0.052	0.18	0.695 ± 0.056	0.709 ± 0.059	0.44
One-third radius T-score	0.2 ± 0.8	−0.1 ± 0.9	0.18	0.0 ± 0.9	0.2 ± 1.0	0.44
One-third radius Z-score	0.5 ± 0.8	0.2 ± 0.9	0.20	0.2 ± 0.9	0.5 ± 1.0	0.45

* Adjusted for age, weight, age of menarche, sport index, tobacco use, PTH, and 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels.