[Table/Fig-5]:
Clinical and biochemical characteristics of patients with normal BMD and those with low BMD.
| Clinical and Biochemical Parameters | Normal BMD N=21 |
Low BMD N=51 |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 47.02±10.5 | 54.5±12.6 | 0.019 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 18.2±1.6 | 19.7±1.7 | 0.009 |
| ALP (U/l) | 102.57±35.43 | 126.92±45.39 | 0.31 |
| Serum calcium (mg/dl) | 8.9±0 .55 | 8.0±0.44 | <0.001 |
| Serum phosphorus (mg/dl) | 4.2±0.44 | 4.1±0.33 | 0.124 |
| SGOT (U/l) | 61.14±21.8 | 71.43±33.08 | 0.194 |
| SGPT (U/l) | 57.3±18.1 | 69.39±35.4 | 0.144 |
| Serum albumin (mg/dl) | 3.05±0.22 | 2.6±0.26 | 0.704 |
| Serum Creatinine (mg/dl) | 1.16±0.23 | 1.20±0.34 | 0.632 |
Data is expressed in mean±SD