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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Bone Miner Res. 2012 Jul;27(7):1487–1493. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.1605

Table 1.

Baseline patient characteristics and demographics in HORIZON-PFT patients and in female patients enrolled in the HORIZON-RFT

HORIZON-PFT* HORIZON-RFT

Variable Placebo,
N=3861
Zoledronic acid,
N=3875
Placebo,
N=802
Zoledronic acid,
N=817
Age, years ±SD 73.0±5.40 73.1±5.34 75.2±9.60 75.0±9.15
Body mass index,
kg/m2±SD
25.4±4.3 25.1±4.3 24.8±4.57 24.8±4.48
Region, n (%)
Western Europe 1162 (30.1) 1160 (29.9) 270 (33.7) 279 (34.1)
Eastern Europe 772 (20.0) 774 (20.0) 195 (24.3) 210 (25.7)
North America 765 (19.8) 766 (19.8) 229 (28.5) 216 (26.4)
Latin America 622 (16.1) 625 (16.1) 108 (13.5) 112 (13.7)
Asia 540 (14.0) 550 (14.2) NA NA
Femoral neck T-score, n (%)
 ≤−2.5 2734 (70.8) 2814 (72.6) 342 (42.6) 354 (43.3)
 >2.5 to −1.5 1073 (27.8) 1002 (25.9) 277 (34.5) 269 (32.9)
 >1.5 38 (1.0) 35 (0.9) 84 (10.5) 91 (11.1)
Missing 16 (0.4) 24 (0.6) 99 (12.3) 103 (12.6)
*

29 patients from the HORIZON-PFT were excluded from this pooled analysis as they were enrolled at a site whose participation was terminated during the study.

Plus Oceania.

BMD, bone mineral density; HORIZON-PFT, Health Outcomes and Reduced Incidence with Zoledronic Acid Once Yearly Pivotal Fracture Trial; HORIZON-RFT, Health Outcomes and Reduced Incidence with Zoledronic Acid Once Yearly Recurrent Fracture Trial; NA, not applicable; SD, standard deviation.