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Table 1 Characteristics of subjects between the osteoporosis group and non-osteoporosis group (mean ± SD)

From: Hypertension is associated with osteoporosis: a case-control study in Chinese postmenopausal women

 

Total

(n = 2039)

Osteoporosis

(n = 678)

Non-osteoporosis

(n = 1361)

P

Age (years)

62.56 ± 6.67

64.29 ± 6.71

61.70 ± 6.49

< 0.001a

Height (m)

1.59 ± 0.05

1.55 ± 0.05

1.56 ± 0.05

< 0.001 a

Weight (kg)

57.43 ± 8.39

56.10 ± 8.10

58.08 ± 8.46

< 0.001 a

BMI (kg/m2)

23.63 ± 3.10

23.41 ± 3.06

23.74 ± 3.12

0.023 a

Menarche age (years)

15.39 ± 2.00

15.56 ± 2.10

15.31 ± 1.95

0.021 a

Menopause age (years)

50.33 ± 3.33

50.10 ± 3.40

50.44 ± 3.29

0.036 a

Lumbar spine BMD (g/cm2)

0.77 ± 0.15

0.65 ± 0.08

0.83 ± 0.13

< 0.001 a

Femoral neck BMD (g/cm2)

0.73 ± 0.14

0.66 ± 0.14

0.77 ± 0.12

< 0.001 a

  1. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, BMD bone mineral density, SD standard deviation
  2. aMann-Whitney U-test