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Table 5 Age, weight and prevalence of vertebral deformities by AHD and WOD test results.

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

  

Age (year)

Weight (kg)

Number of subjects with vertebral deformities (%)

  

mean ± SD

mean ± SD

 

AHD1

Positive (n = 63)

72.4 ± 7.6

52.4 ± 8.8

17 (27%)

 

Negative (n = 53)

66.8 ± 10.3

52.0 ± 8.0

3 (6%)

 

P3

0.001

0.755

0.003

WOD2

Positive (n = 46)

76.8 ± 4.7

52.1 ± 7.2

14 (30%)

 

Negative (n = 70)

65.3 ± 8.7

52.3 ± 9.2

6 (9%)

 

P3

< 0.001

0.906

0.002

  1. AHD: Arm span-height difference, WOD: Wall-occiput distance
  2. 1AHD positive: ≥ 4.0 cm, AHD negative: < 4.0 cm.
  3. 2WOD positive: ≥ 5 mm, WOD negative: < 5 mm.
  4. 3P-value by t-test or chi-squared test.