Table 3.

Hip BMD percentage change in 4 years and comparison between slow and rapid height losers

% change of BMD (SE)		Crude difference (95% CI)	Adjusted difference (95% CI)
Slow losers	Rapid losers
Men
0.91 (0.09)	1.35 (0.67)	0.44 (−0.88, 1.77)	−0.13 (−1.43, 1.17)
Women
2.27 (0.12)	7.11 (0.59)	4.85 (3.67, 6.03)‡	4.18 (3.00, 5.35)‡

^‡P < 0.001.

SE, standard error; CI, confidence interval; % change BMD = (baseline BMD − 4-year follow-up BMD)/baseline BMD × 100%; adjusted difference, adjusted for age, weight, smoking, alcohol, grip strength, PASE, COPD, gastrectomy, thyroid disease, diabetes, fracture after 50 years, on ACE, inhaled corticosteroid and osteoporosis medications.