Table 3.

Mean values of TBS and lumbar spine bone mineral density among different age groups

		Male N = 381				Female N = 310
Age groups	N	TBS		LS-BMD ( gr/cm2)		TBS		LS-BMD (gr/cm2)
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
< 20 years	30	1.443	0.080	0.986	0.140	1.414	0.066	0.929	0.144
20–25 years	47	1.405	0.103	0.943	0.178	1.443	0.076	0.986	0.111
25–29 years	58	1.424	0.093	0.990	0.135	1.454	0.067	1.013	0.097
30–34 years	53	1.431	0.110	1.034	0.158	1.410	0.092	0.941	0.130
35–39 years	52	1.397	0.111	0.993	0.143	1.440	0.088	0.997	0.133
40–44 years	34	1.391	0.076	0.935	0.120	1.381	0.112	0.930	0.163
45–49 years	39	1.360	0.095	0.900	0.136	1.336	0.071	0.921	0.145
50–54 years	20	1.414	0.096	0.981	0.126	1.369	0.073	0.931	0.162
55–59 years	23	1.365	0.102	0.936	0.170	1.404	0.073	1.042	0.156
60–64 years	115	1.363	0.090	0.953	0.144	1.307	0.111	0.832	0.143
65–69 years	100	1.354	0.091	0.966	0.148	1.288	0.095	0.834	0.160
70–74 years	45	1.342	0.083	0.911	0.135	1.291	0.130	0.836	0.210
75–79 years	45	1.350	0.087	0.916	0.133	1.319	0.147	0.779	0.271
80 + years	30	1.350	0.077	0.976	0.178	1.232	0.072	0.678	0.131
TBS: Trabecular Bone Score, LS-BMD: Lumbar Spine Bone Mineral Density, SD: Standard Deviation