Table 1.
Characteristics of the SC menopausal women according to bone status, entire cohort (n = 95) and subset (n = 30) analyses.
| Parameters | Entire Cohort (n = 95) | Subset (n = 30) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal BMD (n = 23) | Low BMD (n = 72) | p-Value | Normal BMD (n = 15) | Osteoporosis (n = 15) | p-Value | |
| Age (years) | 59.4 (4.19) | 61.3 (4.19) | 0.06 | 58 (3.42) | 61 (3.42) | 0.02 * |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23.8 (2.61) | 22.5 (2.61) | 0.04 * | 23.8 (2.25) | 20.7 (2.25) | <0.001 * |
| PTH (pmol/L) | 4.7 (1.35) | 4.5 (1.32) | 0.29 | 4.8 (1.59) | 4.3 (1.59) | 0.08 |
| CTx-1 (ug/L) | 0.44 (0.21) | 0.55 (0.20) | 0.02 * | 0.41 (0.26) | 0.64 (0.26) | 0.04 * |
| Vitamin D (nmol/L) | 57.4 (15.24) | 60.1 (14.87) | 0.23 | 56.5 (16.84) | 54.8 (16.84) | 0.81 |
| Femoral neck BMD (g/cm2) | 0.75 (0.05) | 0.60 (0.05) | <0.001 * | 0.78 (0.04) | 0.51 (0.04) | <0.001 * |
Data are presented as mean (SD). The resulting p-values obtained by ANOVA are given. * p < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.