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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Bone. 2012 Feb 9;50(5):1173–1183. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2012.01.022

Table 1c. Subject Characteristics: Proximal Femur Unadjusted Means (Standard Deviations).

Variable Total Sample M1 M2 M3
GYM
(n=96)
NON
(n=77)
GYM
(n=26)
NON
(n=20)
GYM
(n=49)
NON
(n=31)
GYM
(n=21)
NON
(n=26)
FN Area (cm2) 3.95 (0.37) 4.18 (0.40) 3.68 (0.28) 3.83 (0.31) 3.96 (0.31) 4.18 (0.36) 4.26 (0.34) 4.44 (0.27)
FN BMC (g) 3.24 (0.75) 3.25 (0.83) 2.59 (0.41) 2.37 (0.40) 3.18 (0.50) 3.17 (0.62) 4.21 (0.58) 4.01 (0.56)
FN aBMD (g/cm2) 0.815 (0.140) 0.768 (0.141) 0.704 (0.087) 0.618 (0.076) 0.802 (0.105) 0.753 (0.094) 0.986 (0.098) 0.900 (0.096)
NN aBMD (g/cm2) 0.977 (0.179) 0.912 (0.181) 0.839 (0.107) 0.726 (0.089) 0.957 (0.135) 0.891 (0.135) 1.195 (0.133) 1.079 (0.122)
NN Width (cm) 2.46 (0.24) 2.63 (0.24) 2.25 (0.20) 2.45 (0.18) 2.49 (0.19) 2.63 (0.25) 2.63 (0.20) 2.78 (0.17)
NN CT (cm) 0.19 (0.04) 0.18 (0.04) 0.17 (0.02) 0.14 (0.02) 0.19 (0.03) 0.17 (0.03) 0.24 (0.03) 0.21 (0.03)
NN ED (cm) 2.07 (0.22) 2.28 (0.21) 1.92 (0.20) 2.17 (0.18) 2.11 (0.20) 2.28 (0.25) 2.16 (0.22) 2.36 (0.16)
NN bCSA (cm2) 2.30 (0.54) 2.31 (0.60) 1.80 (0.31) 1.70 (0.26) 2.26 (0.35) 2.23 (0.45) 3.00 (0.40) 2.87 (0.42)
NN Z (cm3) 0.89 (0.28) 0.91 (0.32) 0.63 (0.17) 0.60 (0.13) 0.88 (0.18) 0.85 (0.25) 1.23 (0.22) 1.21 (0.24)
NN BR 6.75 (1.37) 8.10 (1.82) 7.20 (1.05) 9.49 (1.60) 6.94 (1.51) 8.25 (1.86) 5.76 (0.88) 6.86 (0.89)
NN CSMI (cm4) 1.15 (0.46) 1.28 (0.54) 0.75 (0.25) 0.79 (0.21) 1.13 (0.30) 1.19 (0.43) 1.69 (0.42) 1.75 (0.44)
NN HAL (mm) 94.4 (9.3) 96.2 (8.6) 85.8 (8.9) 89.4 (7.6) 95.5 (6.3) 94.9 (8.0) 102.4 (7.3) 102.8 (4.5)
NN Shaft-Neck Angle (°) 130.1 (4.7) 132.9 (5.0) 129.1 (5.2) 132.6 (6.0) 130.1 (4.5) 134.3 (4.3) 131.1 (4.5) 131.2 (4.5)

FN= Femoral Neck; Area= uncorrected bone projected area; BMC= uncorrected bone mineral content; aBMD= uncorrected areal bone mineral density; NN= narrow neck; CT= cortical thickness; ED= endosteal diameter; bCSA= bone tissue cross-sectional area (excluding soft tissue within the periosteal compartment); Z= section modulus; BR= buckling ratio; CSMI= cross-sectional moment of inertia; HAL= hip axis length; SN Angle= shaft neck angle.