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Table 1 Demographic, treatment variables and clinical risk factors in the study patients (n = 246).

From: Quantitative ultrasound does not identify patients with an inflammatory disease at risk of vertebral deformities

Variable

Total group (n = 246)

Age (years)

44 ± 12.4

Males/premenopausal women/postmenopausal women

109/103/34 (44/42/14)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

25.5 ± 4.7

Sarcoidosis/CD/UC

87/95/64 (35/39/26)

Disease duration (years)

6 (1–36)

GC use never/previous/current

74/124/48 (30/50/20)

Daily dose GC current group

12.9 (2.5–39)

Fracture > 50 years, number

2/83 (2)

Vertebral deformity by DXA

54 (22)

Low body weight (< 60 kg)

44 (18)

Low physical activity index ≤ 5

53 (22)

Mother with hip deformity

16 (7)

  1. Data are given as mean ± SD, median (range) or number (%). Abbreviations: CD, Crohn's disease; UC, ulcerative colitis; GC, glucocorticoid; DXA, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry.