Table 3.

Comparisons of bone mineral density of 569 women according to education level

	No Education	Elementary	High school	University
L2-4 BMD	0.62 ± 0.29a, b, c	0.74 ± 0.19	0.77 ± 0.17	0.76 ± 0.33
Femoral Neck BMD	0.64 ± 0.19	0.61 ± 0.24	0.62 ± 0.24	0.64 ± 0.21
Trochanter BMD	0.49 ± 0.18c	0.53 ± 0.19	0.56 ± 0.16	0.61 ± 0.12
Ward's triangle BMD	0.45 ± 0.17c	0.49 ± 0.18	0.49 ± 0.20	0.58 ± 0.10
Osteoporosis (%)	72 (34.4)a, b, c	62 (27.9)d, e	17 (21.5)	11(18.6)

Values are shown as mean ± standard deviation (SD) for all variables except percentage of osteoporosis.

^aSignificant different from elementary group, ^b Significant different from high school group, ^cSignificant different from university group (p < 0.05).