[Table/Fig-6]:

Hormonal parameters of patients with normal BMD and low BMD.

Hormonal Parameters	Normal BMD N=21	Low BMD N=51	p-value
25 (OH) D (ng/dl)	24.14±5.46	12.0±7.25	0.001
LH(IU/L)	12.64±8.21	,11.60±8.19	0.6264
FSH(mIU/ml)	33.42±24.43	30.96±24.32	0.6980
Estradiol(pg/ml)	78.8±41.78	71.26±41.62	0.4875
Testosterone(ng/dl)	568.50±96.52	537.4±94.94	0.2160

Data is expressed in mean±SD