Table 3.
Prevalence of osteoporosis or low bone mass at femur neck or lumbar spine by sex and survey period Adults age 50+ years, NHANES 2005–2010 and 2013–2014
Femur neck | Lumbar spine | ||||||||||||||||
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Osteoporosis | Low bone mass | Osteoporosis | Low bone mass | ||||||||||||||
Unadjusted | Multivariate adjusted1 | Unadjusted | Multivariate adjusted1 | Unadjusted | Multivariate adjusted1 | Unadjusted | Multivariate adjusted1 | ||||||||||
n | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
Women | |||||||||||||||||
2005–06 | 701 | 9.5a | 1.0 | 8.3 | 0.8 | 49.6 | 2.3 | 47.8 | 2.4 | 11.2 | 1.0 | 10.5 | 1.0 | 35.0 | 1.7 | 34.1 | 1.8 |
2007–08 | 1081 | 6.1a,b | 0.8 | 6.1 | 0.8 | 46.0a | 1.4 | 45.5a,b | 1.3 | 8.9 | 0.9 | 8.9 | 0.8 | 37.4 | 1.7 | 37.5 | 1,6 |
2009–10 | 1069 | 7.6 | 0.7 | 8.5 | 1.0 | 48.9 | 1.3 | 49.8a,c | 1.3 | 10.4 | 0.9 | 11.1 | 1.0 | 36.5 | 2.2 | 36.9 | 2.3 |
2013–14 | 1029 | 9.8b | 1.1 | 9.9 | 1.1 | 52.6a | 1.5 | 53.4b,c | 1.3 | 11.6 | 1.0 | 11.6 | 1.2 | 35.9 | 1.7 | 36.2 | 1.7 |
p linear | 0.57 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 0.51 | 0.27 | 0.81 | 0.49 | |||||||||
p quadratic | 0.003 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.30 | 0.42 | 0.28 | |||||||||
Men | |||||||||||||||||
2005–06 | 825 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 30.3 | 1.5 | 29.1 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 17.8 | 1.4 | 17.6 | 1.4 |
2007–08 | 1148 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 27.3 | 1.2 | 27.4a | 1.3 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 18.0 | 1.9 | 17.9 | 2.0 |
2009–10 | 1129 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 29.9 | 2.0 | 29.8 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 19.1 | 1.9 | 18.6 | 1.7 |
2013–14 | 972 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 32.1 | 1.3 | 33.0a | 1.4 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 19.2 | 1.8 | 19.5 | 1.8 |
p linear | 0.36 | 0.42 | 0.20 | 0.03 | 0.33 | 0.20 | 0.49 | 0.38 | |||||||||
p quadratic | 0.052 | 0.042 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.55 | 0.37 | 0.98 | 0.86 |
SE=standard error.
Means and percents within sex sharing common letter superscripts differ significantly, p<0.05
Adjusted for age, race/Hispanic origin, body mass index, smoking, milk intake, and self-reported physician’s diagnosis of osteoporosis.
Overall trend was statistically significant, but no pairwise difference was statistically significant.