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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and BMD of postmenopausal Mexican Mestizo women

From: Analysis of association of MEF2C, SOST and JAG1 genes with bone mineral density in Mexican-Mestizo postmenopausal women

Variable

Mean (SD)

Age (Yr)

62.25 (9.11)

Height (cm)

152.98 (5.74)

Weight (Kg)

65.73 (11.74)

BMIa (Kg/m2)

28.08 (4.76)

BMDb total hip (g/cm2)

0.929 (0.133)

BMDb femoral neck (g/cm2)

0.880 (0.125)

BMDb lumbar spine (g/cm2)

0.990 (0.151)

Age of Menarche

12.94 (1.55)

Number of children

3.12 (2.13)

Duration of breastfeeding (months)

15.90 (19.86)

Years since menopause

17.84 (11.59)

Estrogen remplacement therapyc

110 (26.00)

Tobacco usec

137 (34.33)

Alcohol intakec

45 (11.26)

Carbonated beverage consumptionc

315 (78.75)

  1. N = 400 Postmenopausal women.
  2. a BMI = Body Mass Index.
  3. b BMD = Bone Mineral Density.
  4. cn (%); n, number of women; SD, standard deviation.