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Table 2.

Bone mineral density (g/cm²) in proximal femur in FTY, UY, FTE, and UE (mean ± SD).

Bone region	FTY (n = 35)	UY (n = 35)	FTE (n = 35)	UE (n = 35)
Femoral neck
Right	1.389 ± 0.133***^,###^,†††	1.089 ± 0.131***	1.043 ± 0.143^*	0.953 ± 0.165
Left	1.376 ± 0.134***^,###^,†††	1.094 ± 0.137***	1.037 ± 0.111^*	0.948 ± 0.140
Femoral shaft
Right	1.631 ± 0.151***^,###^,†††	1.305 ± 0.153^*	1.302 ± 0.133^*	1.198 ± 0.190
Left	1.639 ± 0.154 ***^,###^,†††	1.319 ± 0.164^*	1.298 ± 0.128^*	1.200 ± 0.177
Femoral wards
Right	1.319 ± 0.172***^,###^,†††	0.964 ± 0.144***^,†††	0.821 ± 0.163^*	0.727 ± 0.160
Left	1.326 ± 0.175***^,###^,†††	0.965 ± 0.151***^,†††	0.802 ± 0.132^*	0.728 ± 0.141
Femoral trochanter
Right	1.236 ± 0.131***^,###^,†††	0.900 ± 0.119	0.984 ± 0.140#	0.921 ± 0.158
Left	1.232 ± 0.135***^,###^,†††	0.906 ± 0.118	0.994 ± 0.124#	0.944 ± 0.148
Total proximal femur
Right	1.422 ± 0.132***^,###^,†††	1.097 ± 0.123	1.120 ± 0.126^*	1.037 ± 0.161
Left	1.421 ± 0.130***^,###^,†††	1.106 ± 0.129	1.124 ± 0.110^*	1.048 ± 0.150

Abbreviations: FTE = football-trained elderly men ; FTY = football-trained young men; UE = untrained elderly men; UY = untrained young men.

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p < 0.05, ***p < 0.001, compared with UE; ^#p < 0.05, ^###p < 0.001, compared with UY; ^†††p < 0.001, compared with FTE.