Table 2.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of postmenopausal women with low and high urinary phytate concentrations.
| Low urinary phytate (≤0.5 mg/L)a | High urinary phytate (≥1.0 mg/L)a | P-valueb | |
| Age (years) | 52 (4) | 51 (5) | 0.389 |
| Weight (kg) | 65.0 (9) | 64.5 (9) | 0.807 |
| Height (cm) | 160 (8) | 161 (8) | 0.987 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 24.7 (4.2) | 24.6 (4.2) | 0.906 |
| Years since menopause | 3 (1) | 4 (2) | 0.252 |
| BMD femoral neck (g/cm2) | 0.72 (0.14) | 0.84 (0.14) | <0.001 |
| Fracture history (%) | 19.8 | 17.3 | 0.716 |
| Tobacco consumption (%) | 30.8 | 34.6 | 0.636 |
| Glucocorticoids (%) | 5.5 | 5.8 | 0.945 |
| Alcohol (%) | 12.1 | 11.5 | 0.922 |
| Secondary causes of osteoporosis (%) | 8.8 | 7.7 | 0.820 |
aMedian (interquartile range) or percentage. bComparison of low and high urinary phytate groups. Mann–Whitney U test or chi-square test.