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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Bone Miner Res. 2012 Feb;27(2):319–330. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.563

Table 1.

Characteristics of the studied sample, by Cohort and gender.

Original Cohort Offspring Cohort
Males Females Males Females
Variable Mean ±S.D Mean ±S.D Mean ±S.D Mean ±S.D
N* 144 261 962 1362
Age (yrs) 77.3 ±3.6 77.7 ±4.0 61.3 ±9.2 60.3 ±9.3
Height (meter) 1.70 ±0.07 1.56 ±0.06 1.74 ±0.07 1.61 ±0.06
Weight (kg) 79.2 ±12.4 65.8 ±12.1 86.6 ±13.0 70.8 ±14.2
BMI (kg/m2) 27.4 ±3.8 27.0 ±4.9 28.4 ±3.8 27.3 ±5.3
Premenopausal or Currently on Estrogen, N (%) - 19 (7.28%) - 625 (45.88%)
BMD (g/cm2)
Femoral neck 0.866 ± 0.125 0.723 ± 0.119 0.966 ± 0.132 0.868 ± 0.140
Total Femoral 0.937 ± 0.141 0.760 ± 0.129 1.036 ± 0.140 0.911 ± 0.147
Trochanter 0.826 ± 0.133 0.624 ± 0.121 0.877 ± 0.136 0.714 ± 0.133
Lumbar spine 1.313 ± 0.213 1.053 ± 0.211 1.311 ± 0.197 1.153 ± 0.197
Quantitative Ultrasound
BUA (dB/MHz) 77.78 ± 22.43 53.37 ± 16.53 83.14 ± 19.03 71.40 ± 18.44
SOS (m/s) 1546.25 ± 38.19 1513.49 ± 30.12 1559.73 ± 34.27 1549.60 ± 35.14
Bone geometry
NSA (degrees) 131.7 ±6.2 128.0 ±5.5 129.4 ±4.9 127.5 ±5.2
FNL (cm) 5.4 ±0.8 4.6 ±0.6 6.0 ±0.8 5.2 ±0.6
Narrow Neck Outer diameter (cm) 3.4 ±0.3 2.9 ±0.3 3.8 ±0.5 3.3 ±0.4
Narrow Neck CSA (cm2) 2.4 ±0.4 1.8 ±0.4 2.8 ±0.4 2.3 ±0.4
Narrow Neck Section modulus (cm3) 1.4 ±0.3 0.9 ±0.2 1.8 ±0.4 1.3 ±0.3
Narrow Neck Buckling Ratio 12.9 ±3.2 13.6 ±4.7 11.4 ±6.2 10.4 ±6.0
Shaft Outer diameter (cm) 3.2 ±0.2 3.0 ±0.2 3.5 ±0.4 3.2 ±0.4
Shaft CSA (cm2) 4.2 ±0.6 2.8 ±0.5 4.5 ±0.6 3.3 ±0.5
Shaft Section modulus (cm3) 2.6 ±0.4 1.6 ±0.3 2.8 ±0.5 1.9 ±0.4
Shaft Buckling Ratio 3.6 ±0.9 4.7 ±1.3 3.9 ±1.1 4.7 ±1.5
Muscle mass
Leg Lean mass (kg) 17.04 ±2.23 11.53 ±1.54 17.21 ±2.21 11.57 ±1.57
*

number of subjects for all available participants with both genotypes and phenotypes.