Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of study subjects who did not develop an incident bone marrow lesion compared with those who did
| No incident BML n = 115 |
Incident BML n = 11 |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 52.3 (6.80)a | 54.7 (4.98)a | 0.31b |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 26.9 (5.42)b | 28.9 (5.14)a | 0.23b |
| Total cholesterol, mmol/Lc | 5.71 (3.7-8.3)b | 6.45 (4.8-9.1)b | 0.04b |
| Triglycerides, mmol/Ld | 1.0 (0.5-2.9)e | 1.4 (0.8-3.8)e | 0.01f |
| HDL, mmol/Lc | 1.5 (0.5-2.6)e | 1.3 (0.9-2.6)e | 0.52f |
| LDL, mmol/Lc | 3.6 (1.8-5.8)e | 3.87 (3.2-6.3)e | 0.19f |
| Total/HDL ratio | 3.8 (2.0-7.4)a | 5.3 (2.5-8.3)a | 0.13b |
aMean (standard deviation or range). bIndependent samples t test. cTo convert from mmol/L to mg/dL, divide by 0.0259. dTo convert from mmol/L to mg/dL, divide by 0.0113. eMedian (range). fMann-Whitney U test. BML, bone marrow lesion; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.