Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population*
| Male participants (n = 340) | Female participants (n = 3848) | |
| Age (years) | 49.7 (16.3) | 53.8 (11.2) |
| Weight (kilograms) | 68.5 (13.1) | 67.1 (11.9) |
| Height (centimeters) | 168.5 (7.7) | 156.1 (6.1) |
| Body Mass Index (kg/cm2) | 24.1 (4.2) | 27.6 (4.7) |
| History of osteoporotic fracture | 8 (2.4) | 47(1.2) |
| Smoking | 35 (10.3) | 94 (2.4) |
| Corticosteroid use | 89 (26.2) | 298 (7.7) |
| Hormone Replacement Therapy | 231 (6.0) | |
| Age at menarche (years) | 13.6 (1.5) | |
| Menopause | 2137 (55.5) | |
| Age at menopause (years) | 47.2 (5.8) | |
| Femoral T score | -0.93 (1.24) | -1.43 (1.18) |
| Lumbar T score | -1.40 (1.48) | -1.45 (1.54) |
* Numbers are presented as mean (standard deviation in parenthesis) for numerical variables and frequency (percentage in parenthesis) for categorical variables.