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Published in final edited form as: Osteoporos Int. 2005 May 19;16(12):1769–1779. doi: 10.1007/s00198-005-1925-1

Table 2.

Comparison between paretic leg and non-paretic leg

Variable Paretic leg Non-paretic leg Δ between legs (95%CI) p Percent Δ between legs
Proximal femur BMC, g
Male 40.805±9.005 41.619±7.952 −0.882 (−2.08,0.323) 0.146 −2.3
Female 24.271±6.117 25.095±5.578 −0.824 (−1.716, 0.068) 0.069 −3.6
Proximal femur BMD, g/cm2
Male 0.91±0.14 0.95±0.11 −0.033 (−0.051, −0.014) 0.001 −3.7
Female 0.76±0.16 0.80±0.15 −0.037 (−0.062, −0.012) 0.005 −4.8
Lean mass, g
Male 9076.63±1552.03 9550.73±1307.98 −474.10 (−696.89, −251.30) <0.001 −5.2
Female 6080.19±1155.48 6354.75±1251.30 −274.55 (−469.69, −79.42) 0.008 −4.0
Fat mass, g
Male 3038.75±1385.38 2959.30±1411.94 79.44 (4.66, 154.22) 0.038 3.6
Female 4349.81±1384.83 4229.17±1430.18 120.64 (31.80, 209.49) 0.010 3.8
Percent lean mass, %
Male 75.53±5.96 77.08±5.77 −1.55 (−2.30, −0.796) <0.001 −2.0
Female 59.15±6.73 60.98±6.84 −1.82 (−2.84, −0.80) 0.001 −2.9
Δ

difference

CI: confidence interval