Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the 992 women included in the study and a comparison between women with fractures and women without fractures.
| Whole Population (n = 992) |
Women with Fractures (n = 86) |
Women without Fractures (n = 906) |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years), mean ± SD | 68.5 ± 6.8 | 69.6 ± 6.8 | 68.4 ± 6.8 | 0.140 |
| Height (cm), mean ± SD | 159.5 ± 6.2 | 158.1 ± 6.4 | 159.6 ± 6.1 | 0.032 |
| Weight (kg), mean ± SD | 63.3 ± 10.4 | 62.6 ± 10.6 | 63.4 ± 10.4 | 0.501 |
| BMI, mean ± SD | 24.9 ± 3.7 | 25.0 ± 4.1 | 24.8 ± 3.7 | 0.553 |
| Age at menopause (years), mean ± SD | 49.4 ± 4.7 | 48.4 ± 5.5 | 49.5 ± 4.6 | 0.046 |
| TBS, mean ± SD | 1.210 ± 0.101 | 1.165 ± 0.095 | 1.214 ± 0.100 | 0.001 |
| LS-BMD (g/cm−2), mean ± SD | 0.823 ± 0.122 | 0.771 ± 0.127 | 0.828 ± 0.120 | 0.001 |
| LS-BMD T-score, mean ± SD | −2.02 ± 1.11 | −2.49 ± 1.15 | −1.98 ± 1.09 | 0.001 |
Legend: BMI, body mass index; LS-BMD, lumbar spine bone mineral density; SD, standard deviation.