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Table 3 Anthropometric indicators and bone mineral density of subjects with or without vertebral deformities by age-groups.

From: Use of anthropometric indicators in screening for undiagnosed vertebral fractures: A cross-sectional analysis of the Fukui Osteoporosis Cohort (FOC) study

 

49–59 years (n = 22)

60 – 69 years (n = 26)

70 – 79 years (n = 52)

80 years – (n = 16)

 

Subjects with vertebral deformities

(n = 1)

Subjects without vertebral deformities

(n = 21)

Subjects with vertebral deformities

(n = 3)

Subjects without vertebral deformities

(n = 23)

Subjects with vertebral deformities

(n = 12)

Subjects without vertebral deformities

(n = 40)

Subjects with vertebral deformities

(n = 4)

Subjects without vertebral deformities

(n = 12)

 

M

M ± SD

M ± SD

M ± SD

M ± SD

M ± SD

M ± SD

M ± SD

Age (year)

56

54.8 ± 3.0

68.3 ± 1.2

65.4 ± 2.3

73.6 ± 2.4

74.4 ± 2.9

81.8 ± 2.1

83.5 ± 2.0

Weight (kg)

66.2

53.7 ± 7.3

50.2 ± 9.7

53.9 ± 10.8

49.4 ± 5.0

52.0 ± 8.8

49.9 ± 8.9

50.2 ± 5.0

Height (cm)

149.2

155.2 ± 4.9

144.9 ± 7.1

149.7 ± 6.8

143.5 ± 7.1

147.5 ± 5.5

144.8 ± 5.8

145.6 ± 6.6

AS (cm)

148.8

153.3 ± 6.4

154.5 ± 6.5

154.0 ± 7.8

150.6 ± 8.4

153.0 ± 6.6

151.7 ± 4.9

151.1 ± 4.2

AHD (cm)

-0.4

1.10 ± 3.5

9.6 ± 4.5

4.3 ± 4.3

7.1 ± 3.8

5.5 ± 3.4

6.9 ± 3.7

5.5 ± 4.9

WOD positive 1 n (%)

0

0

1 (33%)

0

9 (75%)

23 (58%)

4 (100%)

9 (75%)

RPD positive 2 n (%)

0

2 (9%)

3 (100%)

6 (26%)

8 (67%)

24 (60%)

2 (50%)

7 (59%)

 

(n = 1)

(n = 21)

(n = 1)

(n = 23)

(n = 7)

(n = 40)

(n = 3)

(n = 12)

Lumbar spine BMD (g/cm2)

0.910

0.920 ± 0.160

0.840

0.826 ± 0.134

0.711 ± 0.091

0.786 ± 0.124

0.780 ± 0.121

0.743 ± 0.141

Lumbar spine BMD Z-score

0.271

0.217 ± 1.154

0.541

0.256 ± 1.049

0.393 ± 0.784

0.384 ± 1.061

0.835 ± 0.940

0.656 ± 1.241

  1. M: means, AS: Arm span, AHD: Arm span-height difference, WOD: Wall-occiput distance, RPD: Rib-pelvis distance, BMD: Bone mineral density
  2. 1 WOD positive: ≥ 5 mm
  3. 2 RPD positive: ≤ 2 fingerbreadths