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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Bone Miner Res. 2020 Mar 23;35(6):1031–1039. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.3986

Table 1:

Clinical characteristics of participants in cross-sectional study and baseline characteristics of subjects with anorexia nervosa in longitudinal study. Mean ± SD or median [interquartile range] when data were not normally distributed.

Cross-sectional study participants
(n=89)
Longitudinal study participants
(n=6)
Age (years) 27.0 [24.5, 31.7] (range: 20-45.7) 35.7 ± 3.5 (range: 25.3-45.5)
BMI (kg/m2) 22.1 [17.8, 30.8] 17.1 ± 1.4
Bone mineral density (BMD)
 Lumbar spine BMD (g/cm2) 0.955 [0.854, 1.078] 0.808 ± 0.111
 Lateral spine BMD (g/cm2) 0.743 ± 0.149 0.628± 0.109
 Total Hip BMD (g/cm2) 0.919 ± 0.170 0.739± 0.093
 Femoral neck BMD (g/cm2) 0.799 ± 0.159 0.647± 0.087
 Total body BMD (g/cm2) 1.020 ± 0.097 0.982 ± 0.052
Bone marrow adipose tissue
 L4 vertebra (lipid/water) 0.54 [0.40, 0.87] 1.18 ± 0.42
 Femoral epiphysis (lipid/water) 7.25 ± 2.90 8.17 ± 2.17
 Femoral diaphysis (lipid/water) 4.84 [2.61, 7.09] 7.58 ± 1.71
 Femoral metaphysis (lipid/water) 3.18 [2.04, 4.89] 5.77 ± 1.96
Microarchitecture parameters at radius
  Trabecular BV/TV (%) 0.128 [0.109, 0.151] 0.108 ± 0.024
  Trabecular number (1/mm)* 1.91 [1.71, 2.12] 1.67 ± 0.24
  Trabecular thickness (mm) 0.066 [0.060, 0.074] 0.061 [0.057, 0.072]
  Trabecular separation (mm) 0.452 [0.407, 0.520] 0.546 ± 0.093
  Cortical thickness (mm) 0.77 ± 0.18 0.61 ± 0.08
Estimates of bone strength at radius
 Stiffness (kN/mm) 71.1 ± 15.8 60.0 ± 2.6
 Failure load (kN) 3.6 ± 0.8 2.9 ± 0.2
Microarchitecture parameters at tibia
  Trabecular BV/TV (%) 0.142 ± 0.038 0.115 ± 0.028
  Trabecular number (1/mm)* 1.87 ± 0.42 1.70 [1.49, 1.81]
  Trabecular thickness (mm) 0.076 ± 0.013 0.071 ± 0.008
  Trabecular separation (mm) 0.458 [0.398, 0.540] 0.510 [0.483, 0.638]
  Cortical thickness (mm) 1.17 [0.98, 1.33] 0.97 ± 0.22
Estimates of bone strength at tibia
  Stiffness (kN/mm) 200.4 ± 44.9 165.6 ± 23.9
  Failure load (kN) 10.1 ± 2.2 8.2 ± 1.3
Hematologic parameters
 White blood cell count (x10E3/uL) 5.6 [4.7, 7.1] 4.4 ± 1.0
 Red blood cell count (x10E6/uL) 4.30 ± 0.34 4.21 ± 0.42
 Hemoglobin (g/dL) 12.9 ± 1.0 13.1 ± 1.0
 Hematocrit (%) 38.3 ± 2.7 38.9 ± 3.2
 Platelet count (x10E3/uL) 254 ± 60 247 ± 63