Table 3.

Bone mineral density characteristics of the 46 included patients according to gender.

Gender	Men n = 26	Women n = 20	P
Lumbar spine
BMD (g/cm2)	1,05 ± 0,18	0,89 ± 0,18	0,007
T-score	−1,19 ± 1,36	−2,12 ± 1,30	0,02
Total hip
BMD (g/cm2)	0,94 ± 0,17	0,81 ± 0,14	0,01
T-score	−0,68 ± 1,27	−1,39 ± 1,16	0,04

BMD: bone mineral density. Variables are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.