Table 4.

Results of generalized estimating equations for the effects of a vegetarian dietary habit on the change in BMD and trabecular bone score over time in female patients aged 65–90 years (n = 247).

Variable	Lumbar Spine BMD		Right Hip Femoral Neck BMD		Right Hip Total BMD		Left Hip Femoral Neck BMD		Left Hip Total BMD		Trabecular Bone Score
	β	p	β	p	β	p	β	p	β	p	β	p
Vegetarian × time	0.006	0.471	−0.001	0.786	−0.004	0.668	0.003	0.567	−0.010	0.306	0.007	0.465
Vegetarian	−0.025	0.005 *	−0.008	0.132	−0.005	0.610	−0.010	0.085	0.002	0.860	−0.013	0.154
Time	−0.021	0.002 *	−0.014	0.008 *	0.037	<0.001 *	−0.011	0.046 *	−0.00002	0.998	−0.023	0.007 *
Age	-	-	−0.004	0.007 *	−0.004	0.011 *	−0.004	0.004 *	−0.004	0.014 *	−0.002	0.031 *
BMI	0.010	<0.001 *	0.006	<0.001 *	0.013	<0.001 *	0.006	<0.001 *	0.012	<0.001 *	-	-
SBP	-	-	−0.003	0.010 *	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ALB	-	-	−0.017	0.012 *	-	-	-	-	−0.022	0.047 *	-	-

ALB: albumin (g/dL); SBP: systolic blood pressure (per 10 mmHg). β: regression parameter coefficient estimate; * p < 0.05.