Table 1.

Comparison between patients with and without vertebral fractures (n = 207)

	Group 0: Women without vertebral fractures (n = 73) mean (SD)	Group 1: Women with grade 1 vertebral fractures (n = 96) mean (SD)	Group 2: Women with grade 2 or 3 vertebral fractures (n = 38) mean (SD)	P value	P value 0 vs. 2/3	P value 0 vs. 1	P value 1 vs. 2/3
Age (years)	57,57 (5,92)	60,01 (8,12)	63,64 (8,59)	<0.001	<0.001	0,11	0,04
Body mass index (kg/m2)	31,15 (15,54)	31,38 (12,85)	30,25 (5,43)	0,8996	1,00	1,00	1,00
Number of parity	4,78 (1,8)	4,71 (2,5)	5,24 (2,6)	0,49	0,99	1,00	0,72
Years since menopause	7,60 (6,93)	9,40 (8,64)	14,86 (10,83)	<0.001	<0.001	0,55	0,004
SHBG (ng/ml)	52,46 (27,11)	57,87 (28,33)	58,26 (29,75)	0,4044	0,91	0,65	1,00
β-CTX (ng/ml)	0,43 (0,24)	0,43 (0,24)	0,41 (0,24)	0,9159	1,00	1,00	1,00
PTHi (pg/ml)	41,14 (36,83)	39,21 (31,46)	35,89 (5,82)	0,7166	1,00	1,00	1,00
E2 (pmol/l)	47,49 (43,83)	43,42 (51,07)	41,80 (21,70)	0,7689	1,00	1,00	1,00
FEI (pmol/nmol)	12,11 (11,50)	10,64 (18,29)	9,28 (5,94)	0,6026	0,99	1,00	1,00
S-DHEA (μmol/l)	2,34 (1,24)	1,97 (0,98)	2,08 (1,35)	0,1138	0,78	0,12	1,00
25 (OH)D3 (ng/ml)	13,20 (9,54)	12,21 (8,07)	24,42 (3,96)	0,1495	0,41	1,00	0,16
Osteocalcin (μg/l)	24,21 (13,95)	23,83 (12,83)	23,61 (14,33)	0,9722	1,00	1,00	1,00
Lumbar spine BMD (g/cm2)	0,97 (0,26)	0,98 (0,18)	1,02 (0,15)	0,4367	0,62	1,00	0,91
Lumbar spine T-score	-1,29 (1,20)	-1,40 (1,55)	-1,09 (1,25)	0,5088	1,00	1,00	0,74
Total hip BMD (g/cm2)	0,93 (0,13)	0,93 (0,14)	0,86 (0,42)	0,2162	0,31	1,00	0,34
Total hip BMD T-score	-0,79 (1,11)	-0,78 (1,20)	-0,71 (1,01)	0,9411	1,00	1,00	1,00

Mean ± SD : m (SD) *: <0.05 **: < 0.001. One way analysis of variance+Post hoc test (Bonferroni) BMD bone mineral density, BMI body mass index, E estradiol, FEI free estrogen index, PTH parathormone (PTH) intact; S-DHEA dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate, SHBG sex hormones binding globulin, T testosterone