Table 1.

Adjusted Mean Femur Neck and Total Hip BMD¹ by Age and Race/Ethnicity Among Men and Women: NHANES 2005–2006

		Femur neck			Total hip
	n	Mean2	SEM	p Value*	Mean2	SEM	p Value*
Women
Age (years)				.001			.001
50–59	235	0.763a	0.012		0.895a	0.012
60–69	241	0.729ab	0.007		0.858ab	0.009
70–79	157	0.664bc	0.006		0.786bc	0.009
80+	107	0.623c	0.010		0.728c	0.012
Race/ethnicity				.001			.02
Non-Hispanic white	437	0.714ab	0.005		0.843a	0.006
Non-Hispanic black	146	0.786a	0.012		0.894a	0.014
Mexican American	120	0.761b	0.015		0.880	0.022
Men
Age (years)				.001			.004
50–59	271	0.833	0.009		1.010	0.009
60–69	273	0.813a	0.009		1.000a	0.008
70–79	203	0.768a	0.015		0.954a	0.015
80+	127	0.733	0.013		0.922	0.015
Race/ethnicity				.001			.001
Non-Hispanic white	530	0.803a	0.004		0.986a	0.005
Non-Hispanic black	179	0.889ab	0.013		1.072ab	0.007
Mexican American	130	0.807b	0.011		0.984b	0.006

¹Means for each characteristic have been adjusted for the other characteristic shown in the table.

²Means sharing common superscripts within sex group differ significantly, p <.05.

^*p value for overall F test for this variable from linear regression.