. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Bone Miner Res. 2011 Jul;26(7):1593–1600. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.347

Table 5.

Bone density, strength estimates and load-to-strength ratio at the proximal femur among of an age-stratified sample of 266 Rochester, Minnesota men over the age of 35 years.

	Mean (SD)
	No Fracture (n=162)	Any Fracture (n=104)	No Osteoporotic Fracture (n=238)	Osteoporotic Fracture (n=28)
Age (years)	57 ± 5	70 ± 14^***	61 ± 16	69 ± 16^*
Total Hip aBMD (g/cm²)	0.95 ± 0.14	0.85 ± 0.16^***	0.93 ± 0.15	0.81 ± 0.17^***
Total Hip vBMD (mg/cm³)	239.1 ± 36.8	209.9 ± 43.4^***	232.0 ± 39.5	191.6 ± 45.0^***
Proximal Femur Strength (N)	4602.0 ± 1287.4	3674. 7 ± 1310.5^***	4359.7 ± 1334.2	3217.4 ± 1270.9^***
Load-to-Strength Ratio	1.02 ± 0.31	1.27 ± 0.49^***	1.07 ± 0.36	1.50 ± 0.57^***

p<0.05

^**

p<0.01

^***

p<0.001 comparing any fracture versus no fracture and osteoporotic fracture versus no osteoporotic fracture