Table 2.

The demographics and baseline bone parameters of study subjects.

Name	Osteoporosis (n = 96)	Normal (n = 70)	p value
Age (year)	64.88 ± 4.30	63.81 ± 3.63	0.093
BMI (kg/m2)	22.65 ± 2.58	24.75 ± 3.70	<0.001
Menopause year	9.92 ± 3.30	8.68 ± 2.40	0.008
BMD femoral neck (g/cm2)	0.62 ± 0.29	0.76 ± 0.41	0.018
T-score for femoral neck	−2.63 ± 0.68	0.34 ± 0.43	<0.001
BMD lumbar spine (g/cm2)	0.69 ± 0.47	0.98 ± 0.70	0.003
T-score for lumbar spine	−2.81 ± 0.95	0.71 ± 1.22	<0.001
BMD total hip (g/cm2)	0.71 ± 0.46	0.86 ± 0.73	0.043
BMD 1/3 radius (g/cm2)	0.50 ± 0.35	0.69 ± 0.20	<0.001

BMI, body mass index; BMD, bone mineral density.