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. 2013 Apr 22;9(2):288–296. doi: 10.5114/aoms.2013.34575

Table I.

Baseline characteristics of the patients in all studied groups

Parameter Control group Nurse assisted group Counselled group Biochemical group
Age, mean ± SD [years] 68.7 ±10.05 67.83 ±10.67 67.9 ±10.09 63.03 ±10.03
BMI, mean ± SD [kg/m2] 28.24 ±4.6 27.74 ±3.81 28.29 ±4.49 25.63 ±3.07
Neck BMD, mean ± SD [g/cm2] 0.653 ±0.056 0.667 ±0.072 0.639 ±0.067 0.642 ±0.087
Neck T-score, mean ± SD −2.86 ±0.451 −2.75 ±0.608 −2.96 ±0.571 −2.96/0.643
L2-L4 BMD, mean ± SD [g/cm2] 0.799 ±0.13 0.818 ±0.148 0.769 ±0.433 0.784 ±0.129
L2-L4 T-score, mean ± SD −1.9 ±0.81 −1.7 ±0.91 −1.5 ±0.89 −2.0 ±0.8
Vertebral fractures [%/n] 13/4 6/2 41/12 19/6
Hip fractures [%/n] 0/0 0.03/1 0/0 0.03/1
Forearm fractures [%/n] 28.1/9 45.1/14 44.8/13 1.29/4
Smoking [%/n] 20/6 10/4 10/2 20/5
Glucocorticoids [%/n] 12.5/4 9.7/3 17.2/5 0.03/1