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. 2011 Apr 6;9:20. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-9-20

Table 3.

Mental component summary score by population characteristics

Without vertebral fracture With Vertebral fracture Total

T-Score > -2.5 T-Score ≤ -2.5 Mild Mod-severe
Age group [p(model) = 0.3440; p(age) = 0.6394; p(groups) = 0.1509]

- 50-54 years 46.84 43.99 42.70 39.31 46.14

- 55-59 years 45.76 43.89 43.85 53.67 45.60

- 60-64 years 45.42 45.52 47.90 46.19 45.70

- 65-69 years 44.85 43.43 49.42 37.21 44.41

- 70-74 years 45.86 44.38 44.55 48.36 45.52

- 75 years and older 44.61 41.24 45.70 46.72 44.77

Educational level [p(model) = 0.1164; p(educ) = 0.2030; p(groups) = 0.1340]

- Without studies 45.08 42.04 45.53 45.98 44.76

- Primary 45.52 43.28 45.25 44.09 44.90

- Second./university 46.01 46.07 46.62 47.45 46.09

- Unknown 45.97 45.20 49.97 47.26 46.34

Densitometry [p(model) = 0.0561; p(densito) = 0.0753; p(groups) = 0.4137]

- Normal 45.15 - 46.97 51.09 45.43

- Osteopenia 45.86 - 47.73 46.84 46.06

- Osteoporosis - 44.01 44.59 43.56 44.04

Chronic conditions** [p(model)<0.0001; p(chronic)<0.0001; p(groups) = 0.0354]

- None 48.14 46.00 48.48 49.81 47.74

- 1 46.22 45.39 48.50 45.97 46.27

- 2 45.06 42.18 46.27 47.79 44.90

- 3 or more 39.59 38.90 40.67 36.95 39.39

Antecedents of non-vertebral fracture [p(model) = 0.2081; p(antec) = 0.5708; p(groups) = 0.1379]

- No 45.59 44.45 45.75 46.10 45.41

- Yes 47.38 38.20 51.53 40.47 44.57

Hypoestrogenism antecedents [p(model) = 0.1251; p(hypoes) = 0.2038; p(groups) = 0.1181]

- No 45.35 44.02 46.67 44.95 45.19

- Yes 47.01 43.95 44.04 47.91 46.09

Obesity BMI>35 [p(model) = 0.0303; p(obes) = 0.0242; p(groups) = 0.2067]

- No 45.33 43.98 46.33 45.08 45.11

- Yes 47.95 44.82 45.94 48.39 47.59

Antiosteoporotic treatment [p(model) = 0.2264; p(treatment) = 0.8042; p(groups) = 0.1425]

- No 45.63 44.07 46.65 45.68 45.44

- Yes 45.76 43.83 44.67 45.34 45.10

Vertebral fracture localization [p(model) = 0.7076; p(loc) = 0.5582; p(groups) = 0.3955]

- Thoracic - - 46.60 44.01 45.86

- Lumbar - - 44.49 45.47 44.87

- Both 44.41 47.66 47.22

Total [p(groups) = 0.1330]

TOTAL 45.66 44.01 46.29 45.54 45.29*

* Total weighted to represent the distribution of the female population by age in the city of Valencia.

** Chronic conditions: corticoid treatment, gait abnormalities for any reason, cognitive or visual deficit, depression, gastrectomy, bowel resection, inflammatory bowel disease, thyroidectomy, diabetes mellitus, chronic liver diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic kidney failure and transplantation. BMI: Body Mass Index.

p values correspond to the multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA).