Table 1.

Prevalence of osteoporosis and low bone mass at femur neck and lumbar spine Adults age 50+ years, NHANES 2013–14

		Femur neck		Lumbar spine		Either femur neck or lumbar spine
	n	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Osteoporosis
Both sexes	2001	6.3	0.6	7.8	0.4	11.0	0.7
Women	1029	9.8	1.1	11.6	1.0	16.5	1.2
Men	972	2.5	0.5	3.6	0.7	5.1	0.7
p value, sex		<0.001		<0.001		<0.001
Low bone mass
Both sexes	2001	42.8	1.0	27.9	1.5	44.5	1.0
Women	1029	52.6	1.5	35.9	1.7	52.6	1.1
Men	972	32.1	1.3	19.2	1.8	35.6	1.3
p value, sex		<0.001		0.005		0.001

SE=Standard error