Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the subjects in the three groups

Group	Healthy (N=30)	Osteopenia (N=31)	Osteoporosis (N=30)	P value
Age (year)	66.33±10.77	66.56±8.75	63.50±9.74	>0.05a,b,c
BMI (kg/m2)	25.29±2.64	21.22±8.74	22.86±2.30	>0.05a,b,c
L2-4 BMD (g/cm2)	1.068±0.238	1.076±0.143	0.912±0.110	<0.05b
L2 BMD (g/cm2)	1.056±0.203	1.044±0.125	0.903±0.112	<0.05a,b,c
L3 BMD (g/cm2)	1.100±0.203	1.051±0.146	0.852±0.187	<0.05a,b,c
L4 BMD (g/cm2)	1.123±0.287	1.059±0.169	0.884±0.259	<0.05a,b,c
Neck BMD (g/cm2)	0.972±0.094	0.838±0.831	0.660±0.100	<0.05a,b,c
Troch BMD (g/cm2)	0.815±0.150	0.727±0.091	0.604±0.081	<0.05a,b,c
Ward’s BMD (g/cm2)	0.771±0.114	0.630±0.128	0.484±0.095	<0.05a,b,c

Values are expressed as mean ± SD. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant between groups.

^aosteopoenia versus healthy;

^bosteoporosis versus healthy;

^costeoporosis versus osteopoenia.