Table 2.
Biochemical parameters
| Men | Women | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NBMI | HBMI | P value | NBMI | HBMI | P value | |||||
| Mean | SE | Mean | SE | Mean | SE | Mean | SE | |||
| Hemoglobin (g/l) | 143 | 0.9 | 150 | 1.9 | 0.003 | 123 | 2.0 | 133 | 9.7 | 0.001 |
| Serum albumin(g/l) | 47 | 0.5 | 47 | 0.4 | 0.970 | 44 | 0.5 | 43 | 0.3 | 0.924 |
| Serum calcium (mmol/l) | 2.5 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.890 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 0.324 |
| Serum phosphorus (mmol/l) | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.100 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.846 |
| Serum alkaline phosphatase (U/l) | 193.8 | 8.4 | 193.9 | 6.0 | 0.992 | 153.6 | 6.5 | 15.8 | 6.4 | 0.895 |
| Serum 25(OH) Vit D (nmol/l) | 58.7 | 5.5 | 51.4 | 3.8 | 0.276 | 50.7 | 6.1 | 24.5 | 3.3 | 0.001 |
| Serum PTH (pmol/l) | 3.9 | 0.4 | 5.2 | 0.6 | 0.085 | 4.7 | 0.5 | 6.8 | 0.6 | 0.009 |
| Serum creatinine (μmol/l) | 123.8 | 34.1 | 132.6 | 32.7 | 0.100 | 114.9 | 4.4 | 106.1 | 9.9 | 0.131 |
| Urinary fluoride (μg/ml) | 0.7 | 0.04 | 0.8 | 0.04 | 0.89 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.012 |
BMI body mass index, NBMI normal BMI, HBMI BMI > 25, NBMI BMI ≤ 25