. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Clin Densitom. 2013 Nov 27;17(4):449–457. doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2013.09.020

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Participants without a self-reported istory of prior vertebral fracture and with femoral neck T-score ≤ −1.0^*

Parameter	Radiographic PVFx Absent (n = 2,870)	SQ1 Only Fracture Present (n=148)	SQ2 or SQ3 Fracture Present (n=238)	P-Value

Age, years (SD)	74.3 (6.0)	74.2 (6.1)	75.6 (6.5)	0.006^**

Femoral Neck BMD, gm/cm² (SD)	0.702 (0.066)	0.693 (0.070)	0.665 (0.080)	<0.001^**

Height Loss, cm (SD)	3.8 (3.0)	4.0 (2.9)	5.2 (3.2)	<0.001^**

Grip Streng, kg (SD)	37.8 (7.9)	37.1 (8.3)	35.8 (8.1)	<0.001^**

Back Pain: None	32.5%	32.5%	28.0%
Yes, No Limitation	44.4%	41.2%	40.4%	0.021^{^}
Yes, Minor Limitation	14.9%	15.0%	18.5%
Yes, Major Limitation	8.2%	11.2%	13.0%

Percent with Prior Non-Spine Fracture Since Age 50	18.9%%	21.2%%	39.5%	<0.001^{^}

BMI, kg/m² (SD)	26.4 (3.5)	27.1 (4.0)	26.7 (3.8)	0.048^*

Percent Current Smokers	3.3%	3.1%	4.3%	0.23^{^}

Percent Currently Using Oral Glucocorticoids^{^^}	2.8%	3.0%	6.0%	0.014^{^}

Prior self-reported spine fracture variable is missing on 1,404; these individuals are included in these analyses

^**

one-way analysis of variance

^{^}

chi-square statistic

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data available on only 2,686