Table 1.

Demographic, anthropometric, and clinical characteristics of 885 postmenopausal women with or without morphometric vertebral fractures

Characteristics	No vertebral fractures	Vertebral fractures	p value
	(n = 681)	(n = 204)
Weight (kg)	66.4 ± 11.4	65.8 ± 11.1	0.06
Height (cm)	158.2 ± 6.3	157.9 ± 6.1	NS
Body mass index (kg/m2)	26.6 ± 4.6	26.3 ± 4.4	NS
Age at menopause (years)	48.6 ± 5.4	48.4 ± 5.2	NS
Stiffness (%)	65.0 ± 11.5	64.1 ± 11.2	NS
Stiffness (t-score)	−2.5 ± 0.8	−2.6 ± 0.8	NS
Comorbidities, number/total number (%)	547/681 (80.4%)	177/204 (83.7%)	NS

NS = nonsignificant.