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. 2004 May 26;4:2. doi: 10.1186/1472-6874-4-2

Table 2.

Adjusted1 (in bold) and unadjusted means ± SD, with corresponding P values of bone mineral density (BMD) of each bone site for two groups2 of subjects

Bone Site (BMD) (g/cm2) Group 1 Group 2 P-values
Femoral Neck 0.825 0.822 0.883
0.795 ± 0.09 0.838 ± 0.12 0.093
Ward's Triangle 0.731 0.678 0.042
0.700 ± 0.11 0.691 ± 0.14 0.820
Trochanter 0.758 0.742 0.776
0.719 ± 0.12 0.761 ± 0.13 0.093
Femoral Shaft 1.036 1.041 0.838
0.999 ± 0.13 1.057 ± 0.17 0.062
Lumbar Spine3 1.082 1.099 0.659
1.057 ± 0.16 1.113 ± 0.21 0.237
Forearm4 0.431 0.445 0.265
0.426 ± 0.05 0.448 ± 0.67 0.173
Whole Body 1.083 1.090 0.672
1.067 ± 0.08 1.098 ± 0.92 0.101

1 Adjusted for age, height, weight, total hours of current activity a week, alcohol consumption, and total energy, calcium and sodium intake, 2Groups were stratified to below (Group 1) and above (Group 2) the mean for cognitive function score of 27.9 3BMD of the second, third and fourth lumbar vertebrae 4BMD of the ulna and radius