Table 3.

Bone material strength index (BMSi) by age (decade). Data are shown for all participants and by sex

Group	Age (yr)	N	Mean	SD	Minimum	Lower quartile	Median	Upper quartile	Maximum
ALL	< 35	64	81.1	9.7	58.5	75.3	81.8	88.4	101.4
	35–44	47	81.9	8.4	65.5	77.0	82.5	87.8	96.7
	45–54	85	80.7	8.9	48.1	76.5	81.4	88.0	96.7
	55–64	114	81.1	8.4	57.0	76.3	80.5	87.3	101.1
	65–74	129	81.7	8.3	56.0	76.8	82.5	87.4	97.9
	> 75	40	81.2	8.8	53.8	76.2	81.1	88.3	94.7
MEN	< 35	23	83.6	8.4	62.3	79.0	83.2	89.2	101.4
	35–44	12	86.3	4.4	80.0	83.2	86.0	88.0	94.9
	45–54	41	83.9	6.4	72.1	79.5	82.7	89.4	96.7
	55–64	48	84.2	6.9	71.1	78.5	83.1	89.9	98.5
	65–74	53	85.0	7.05	67.2	80.2	85.6	90.5	97.9
	> 75	20	83.7	7.1	73.0	78.9	81.1	91.0	94.7
WOMEN	< 35	41	79.7	10.1	58.5	71.4	80.4	87.4	97.3
	35–44	35	80.4	8.9	65.5	71.9	80.0	87.8	96.7
	45–54	44	77.8	10.0	48.1	71.9	79.8	84.6	91.5
	55–64	66	78.8	8.7	57.0	74.0	79.3	84.0	101.1
	65–74	76	79.3	8.4	56.0	74.5	80.6	84.6	96.2
	> 75	20	77.9	9.4	53.8	73.6	79.0	85.0	93.0