Table 1.

Characteristics of participants according to tertiles of total BMD.

	Tertiles of total BMD
	I	II	III	P
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Age	77.0 (7.83)	74.5 (6.99)	72.7 (6.80)	<0.001
Years since menopause	27.0 (9.03)	25.0 (9.11)	22.9 (8.94)	<0.001
BMI	26.3 (4.38)	27.6 (3.93)	29.5 (4.99)	<0.001
Cigarette smoking (pack-years)	3.1 (10.20)	2.9 (9.10)	2.4 (6.80)	0.720
Calories/Kgi	33.7 (9.05)	33.4 (8.47)	34.2 (9.40)	0.732
Dietary Fibre (g/day)	17.9 (5.67)	18.7 (5.43)	18.9 (5.46)	0.180
Calories from carbohydrates/ideal weight	17.7 (5.60)	17.6 (5.09)	17.7 (5.48)	0.990
Calories from lipids/ideal weight	10.5 (3.18)	10.7 (3.24)	11.1 (3.45)	0.247
Proteins (g)/ideal weight	1.3 (0.34)	1.3 (0.36)	1.39 (0.38)	0.434
Animal proteins (g)/ideal weight	0.87 (0.26)	0.9 (0.27)	0.90 (0.28)	0.344
Vegetal proteins (g)/ideal weight	0.48 (0.17)	0.49 (0.14)	0.49 (0.16)	0.962
Non protein calories/g of nitrogen	131.5 (20.62)	131.7 (21.31)	129.3 (19.17)	0.460
Calcium (mg/day)	792.9 (285.21)	803.5 (332.15)	808.3 (328.34)	0.893
Phosphorous (mg/day)	1093.3 (285.98)	1109.8 (321.08)	1134.1 (331.63)	0.458
Vitamin D (mcg/day)	1.69 (1.00)	1.67 (0.68)	1.83 (0.87)	0.155
Magnesium (mg/day)	222.2 (57.46)	225.3 (65.26)	229.9 (68.14)	0.493
Folic Acid (mcg/day)	236.8 (71.48)	243.7 (77.12)	251.9 (75.63)	0.156
Total PUFA (g/day)	6.38 (1.83)	6.84 (2.37)	6.96 (2.38)	0.031
PRAL	2.96 (9.74)	0.71 (11.24)	2.20 (10.77)	0.124
PRAL/ideal weight	0.06 (0.19)	0.01 (0.22)	0.04 (0.21)	0.135
Alcohol (g/day)	8.27 (11.07)	5.99 (8.04)	6.29 (10.44)	0.061
Creatinine clearance (mL/min)	64.7 (21.88)	72.3 (24.74)	73.9 (22.63)	<0.001
25-hydroxyvitamin D (nmol/L)	41.0 (31.12)	47.8 (45.21)	43.0 (25.98)	0.181
Interleukin-6 (pg/mL)	1.6 (1.27)	1.82 (1.92)	1.96 (2.30)	0.231
	%	%	%
Low physical activity	83.8	72.6	74.0	0.017
Hormone replacement therapy	5.6	8.4	3.8	0.386