Table 1. Mean and median of characteristic data and the correlation (r) between %mC and age-related phenotypes among all menopausal subjects.

Characteristics	mean ± SE	median (min-max)	r	N
age (yrs)	57.23±0.39	57.00 (36–75)	−0.13*	323
weight (kg)	56.74±0.53	55.50 (38.1–95)	NS	323
BMI (kg/m2)	23.58±0.20	22.97 (15.46–39.54)	NS	321
waist (cm)	78.70±0.51	77.75 (26.0–111)	NS	318
W/H ratio	0.82±0.01	0.81 (0.68–1.05)	−0.12*	336
SBP (mmHg)	124.81±0.77	122.00 (100–168)	NS	253
DBP ((mmHg)	76.55±0.53	80.00 (50–98)	NS	253
total body fat (%)	36.63±0.42	36.90 (19.7–57.90)	NS	236
L1 BMD (g/cm2)	0.93±0.01	0.91 (0.42–1.4)	NS	249
L2 BMD (g/cm2)	0.98±0.01	0.95 (0.5–1.49)	NS	258
L3 BMD (g/cm2)	1.06±0.01	1.03 (0.69–1.57)	NS	258
L4 BMD (g/cm2)	1.05±0.01	1.02 (0.71–1.66)	NS	258
L12 BMD (g/cm2)	0.96±0.01	0.94 (0.64–1.44)	0.14*	218
L13 BMD (g/cm2)	1.02±0.01	0.99 (0.68–1.47)	0.15*	217
L14 BMD (g/cm2)	1.02±0.01	0.99 (0.70–1.78)	0.15*	217
L23 BMD (g/cm2)	1.03±0.01	1.00 (0.69–1.65)	0.16**	217
L24 BMD (g/cm2)	1.04±0.01	1.01 (0.7–1.56)	0.15*	218
L34 BMD (g/cm2)	1.06±0.01	1.04 (0.64–1.60)	0.16*	217
femur neck BMD (g/cm2)	0.81±0.01	0.79 (0.29–1.67)	NS	252
hip ward BMD (g/cm2)	0.65±0.01	0.64 (0.29–1.24)	0.14*	252
femur trochanteric BMD (g/cm2)	0.69±0.01	0.68 (0.41–1.07)	NS	252
hip total BMD (g/cm2)	0.88±0.01	0.87 (0.23–1.32)	NS	251
radius ud BMD (g/cm2)	0.32±0.00	0.31 (0.18–0.52)	NS	284
radius 33 BMD (g/cm2)	0.62±0.01	0.63 (0.32–0.82)	NS	285
radius total BMD (g/cm2)	0.49±0.00	0.48 (0.26–0.96)	NS	284
bone total BMD (g/cm2)	1.08±0.01	1.07 (0.82–1.38)	NS	190

L, spine region lumbar; ± SE, standard error; r, correlation coefficient; n, number of cases;

^* P<0.05,

^** P<0.001.