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Table 1 Characteristics of study subjects at baseline

From: Bone turnover in elderly men: relationships to change in bone mineral density

Variable

Mean (standard deviation)

5th and 95th quantile

Age (yr)

70.4 (4.1)

66, 82

Weight (kg)

80.5 (12.3)

63, 102

Height (cm)

173.7 (6.4)

162, 183

Body mass index (kg/m2)

26.6 (3.4)

22.3, 34.3

sPINP(μg/L)

39.8 (13.1)

22.8, 67.1

sICTP (μg/L)

4.2 (1.1)

2.9, 6.8

Lumbar spine BMD (g/cm2)

1.29 (0.21)

0.98, 1.68

Femoral neck BMD (g/cm2)

0.95 (0.13)

0.73, 1.15

Duration of follow-up (yrs)

5.9 (1.5)

4.0, 8.9

  1. sICTP, serum C-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen; sPINP, serum N-terminal propeptide of type I collagen; BMD bone mineral density.