Table 3.
General characteristics according to Val667Met LRP5 gene polymorphism in men and women.
| Men
|
Women
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GG | GA | AA | p* | GG | GA | AA | p* | |
| n (%) | 392 (87%) | 59 (13%) | - | 432 (85%) | 74 (14.5%) | 3 (0.5%) | ||
| Age (yrs) | 66.7 (14.6) | 68.9 (14.3) | - | 0.31 | 67.5 (15.8) | 67.3 (16.3) | 70.3 (0.9) | 0.68 |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | 26.9 (3.3) | 27.9 (3.7) | - | 0.86 | 27.2 (4.5) | 26.8 (4.7) | 28.7 (6.0) | 0.71 |
| Calcium intake (g/die) | 889.4 (328.9) | 908.7 (316.7) | - | 0.16 | 889.4 (328.9) | 908.7 (316.7) | 854.5 (366.6) | 0.76 |
| Ct.Th. (mm) (mean±SD) | 5.4 (1.0) | 5.3 (0.7) | - | 0.75 | 4.3 (1.1) | 4.4 (1.0) | 3.5 (0.6) | 0.74 |
| CBA (mm2) (mean±SD) | 333.3 (49.0) | 326.5 (41.4) | - | 0.36 | 272.6 (54.4) | 275.4 (53.3) | 249.4 (65.2) | 0.02 |
| BMDt (mg/cm3) (mean±SD) | 226.4 (55.8) | 219.1 (48.6) | - | 0.04 | 203.4 (58.5) | 200.3 (58.0) | 187.8 (5.1) | 0.02 |
| BMDc (mg/cm3) (mean±SD) | 1028.4 (55.8) | 1020.6 (54.0) | - | 0.46 | 1001.0 (58.5) | 999.0 (73.9) | 989.7 (42.5) | 0.94 |
| Calf muscle area (mm2) | 7251 (1207) | 7365 (1308) | - | 0.24 | 5778 (923) | 5720 (1042) | 5529 (1062) | 0.80 |
*
p age-adjusted.