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. 2021 Oct 22;21:591. doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02547-6

Table 2.

State of bone density

All (754) Osteoporosis (n = 260) Decreased bone mass (n = 287) Normal (n = 207) P-value
SOS (m/s) 1469 (1460, 1475.3) 1490 (1485, 1496) 1516 (1509, 1526) < 0.001
YAM (%) 65 (61, 68) 75 (73, 77) 88 (84, 94) < 0.001
Male (276) Osteoporosis (n = 65) Decreased bone mass (n = 95) Normal (n = 116) P-value
SOS (m/s) 1473 (1465.5, 1478) 1492 (1487, 1495.8) 1518 (1509, 1529.5) < 0.001
YAM (%) 66 (62, 68) 75 (73, 77) 89 (84, 95.8) < 0.001
Female (478) Osteoporosis (n = 195) Decreased bone mass (n = 192) Normal (n = 91) P-value
SOS (m/s) 1468 (1460, 1474) 1489 (1484.5, 1496) 1513 (1509.3, 1522) < 0.001
YAM (%) 65 (61, 68) 75 (72.3, 77) 87 (85, 91) < 0.001

Median (first quartile, third quartile) or the number of people (%)

Based on the diagnostic criteria for osteoporosis, we classified cases with a YAM value of ≤80 as decreased bone mass, ≤70 as osteoporosis, and all others as normal

P-value: Kruskal-Wallis test