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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Association of bone mineral density with trichlorophenol: a population-based study

Variable

Male

Female

P-value

N

1737

1648

 

Age(years)

46.21 ± 17.01

46.78 ± 16.93

< 0.01

Race (%)

  

0.23

Mexican American

351 (20.21)

308 (18.69)

 

Other Hispanic

137 (7.89)

156 (9.47)

 

Non-Hispanic White

838 (48.24)

772 (46.84)

 

Non-Hispanic Black

326 (18.77)

339 (20.57)

 

Other Race

85 (4.89)

73 (4.43)

 

BMI (kg/m^2)

27.86 ± 4.97

28.00 ± 6.09

0.44

Education(%)

  

0.63

High School Grad or Below

468 (26.94)

432 (26.21)

 

College Grad or Above

1269 (73.06)

1216 (73.79)

 

Income poverty ratio(%)

  

0.02

≤ 0.99

325 (18.71)

360 (21.84)

 

> 1

1412 (81.29)

1288 (78.16)

 

Serum calcium(mg/dL)

9.49 ± 0.35

9.42 ± 0.37

< 0.01

Serum phosphorus(mg/dL)

3.65 ± 0.57

3.84 ± 0.56

< 0.01

Serum lead(ug/dL)

2.14 ± 2.14

1.46 ± 1.12

< 0.01

Serum cotinine(ng/mL)

72.61 ± 139.98

54.85 ± 124.15

< 0.01

Drink wine(%)

  

< 0.01

Yes

1459 (84.00)

1043 (63.29)

 

No

278 (16.00)

605 (36.71)

 

Drink milk(%)

  

< 0.01

Yes

1383 (79.62)

1206 (73.18)

 

No

354 (20.38)

442 (26.82)

 

Moderate physical activity(%)

  

0.18

Yes

802 (46.17)

723 (43.87)

 

No

935 (53.83)

925 (56.13)

 

Vigorous physical activity(%)

  

< 0.01

Yes

598 (34.43)

351 (21.30)

 

No

1139 (65.57)

1297 (78.70)

 

Diabetes(%)

  

0.1

Yes

244 (14.05)

200 (12.14)

 

No

1493 (85.95)

1448 (87.86)

 

Ln-2,4,5-TCP(ug/L)

-7.19 ± 0.73

-6.81 ± 0.80

< 0.01

Ln-2,4,6-TCP(ug/L)

-5.59 ± 0.71

-5.25 ± 0.75

< 0.01

BMD

   

Total femur(g/cm2)

1.04 ± 0.15

0.92 ± 0.15

< 0.01

Femoral neck(g/cm2)

0.88 ± 0.14

0.82 ± 0.15

< 0.01

Femoral tuberosity(g/cm2)

0.78 ± 0.13

0.69 ± 0.12

< 0.01

Intertrochanteric femur(g/cm2)

1.22 ± 0.17

1.09 ± 0.17

< 0.01

Lumbar spine(g/cm2)

1.06 ± 0.14

1.01 ± 0.15

< 0.01