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Table 1 Patient characteristics between the two groups

From: Effect of lumbar spinal stenosis on bone mineral density in osteoporosis patients treated with ibandronate

 

Group 1

(osteoporosis)

Group 2

(osteoporosis + LSS)

P-value

Patients number

83

76

 

Female : male

83 : 0

76 : 0

1.000

Age (years)

73.7 ± 9.6

74.8 ± 8.9

0.492

Height (cm)

154.2 ± 8.0

152.1 ± 4.8

0.284

Weight (kg)

56.3 ± 9.8

53.6 ± 8.5

0.352

BMI (kg/m2)

23.6 ± 3.3

23.1 ± 3.0

0.609

Underlying diseases

  Hypertension

30 (36.1 %)

29 (38.2 %)

0.793

  Diabetes

18 (21.7 %)

16 (21.1 %)

0.922

Initial BMD (T-score)

-3.71 ± 0.49

-3.80 ± 0.77

0.388

  1. LSS lumbar spinal stenosis, BMI body mass index, BMD bone mineral density