Table 2.
Number of hip fractures and deaths for tertiles of leg and total lean mass among women in the Framingham Osteoporosis Study (1992–2007)
| Leg lean mass tertile (Range, kg) | Total lean mass tertile (Range, kg) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||||
| 1 (6.40, 10.72) |
2 (10.73, 11.92) |
3 (11.93, 22.34) |
1 (23.67, 34.00) |
2 (34.01, 37.40) |
3 (37.41, 56.74) |
|
| N | 659 | 659 | 660 | 604 | 604 | 604 |
| No. of hip fractures (%) | 38 (6) | 35 (5) | 26 (4) | 42 (7) | 28 (5) | 27 (4) |
| No. of deaths prior to hip fracture (%) | 166 (25) | 147 (22) | 131 (20) | 178 (29) | 133 (22) | 106 (18) |
| Median follow-up (yrs) | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.4 |