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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of LOTO patients

From: Fractal lacunarity of trabecular bone in vertebral MRI to predict osteoporotic fracture risk in over-fifties women. The LOTO study

Characteristic

Overall

without VF

with VF

N = 279

N = 191

N = 88

Age, years

60 ± 7

59 ± 7

62 ± 7

  < 65

212 (76.0)

153 (80.1)

59 (67.0)

  ≥ 65

67 (24.0)

38 (19.9)

29 (33.0)

Body mass index, kg/m2

23.09 ± 3.00

22.98 ± 2.94

23.32 ± 3.14

  ≤ 25

217 (77.8)

152 (79.6)

65 (73.9)

  > 25

62 (22.2)

39 (20.4)

23 (26.1)

Bone mineral density, L1-L4 T-score

−2.4 ± 0.9

− 2.4 ± 0.9

− 2.5 ± 0.8

  ≤ − 2.5

133 (47.7)

87 (45.5)

46 (52.3)

  > − 2.5

146 (52.3)

104 (54.5)

42 (47.7)

Osteoporosis medication

 any medication

123 (44.1)

70 (36.6)

53 (60.2)

 Vitamin D and/or Calcium supplements a

95 (77.2)

55 (78.6)

40 (75.5)

 Bisphosphonates a

70 (56.9)

43 (61.4)

27 (50.9)

 other a

10 (8.1)

3 (4.3)

7 (1.3)

  1. Data are represented as mean ± SD or n (%). VF: prevalent vertebral fracture
  2. a Percentage calculated within treated patients’ group