Table 2.

Comparison of BMD between patients in group 1 and controls

	Lumbar spine BMD (g/cm2)	Left hip BMD (g/cm2)	Left forearm BMD (g/cm2)
Patients (n = 55)
Maximum	1.429	1.181	0.817
Minimum	0.661	0.426	0.506
Mean	0.97	0.86	0.66
SD	0.18	0.18	0.08
Median	0.976	0.889	0.678
Controls (n = 55)
Maximum	1.550	1.425	0.852
Minimum	0.975	0.719	0.503
Mean	1.17	1.01	0.67
SD	0.13	0.13	0.06
Median	1.146	1.022	0.672
Analysis
P value	< 0.001	0.016	0.486