Table 1.
Variables | Fracture (N = 7) | No fracture (N = 22) | p (1 tailed) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
Age (yr) | 76.20 | 5.94 | 70.6 | 3.97 | 0.0233a |
Height (cm) | 158.7 | 10.15 | 161.3 | 6.34 | 0.6463a |
Weight (kg) | 62.9 | 5.96 | 61.5 | 10.57 | 0.6464a |
BMI (kg/m2) | 25 | 2.29 | 23.6 | 3.97 | 0.1768a |
BMD-femoral neck (g/cm2) | 0.586 | 0.087 | 0.597 | 0.052 | 0.3606 |
BMD-total hip (g/cm2) | 0.699 | 0.074 | 0.724 | 0.062 | 0.2457 |
FRAX-lowest BMD | 26.71 | 9.76 | 17.33 | 6.68 | 0.0053 |
FRAX-lowest hip fracture | 9.91 | 7.82 | 5.98 | 5.09 | 0.0487 |
Abbr: BMD, bone mineral density; BMI, body mass index; FRAX, Fracture Risk Assessment Tool; SD, standard deviation.
Two tailed p value obtained from Wilcoxon rank sum test.