Table 1 General characteristics of the study population
From: Associations between blood antioxidant levels and femoral neck strength
Variables | N (%) or Median (interquartile range) |
|---|---|
Age (year) | 53 (44–61) |
Gender (male), n (%) | 356 (40.55%) |
BMI (kg/m2) | 28.61 (25.07–32.97) |
Femoral Neck bone mineral density (gms/cm2) | 0.78 (0.66–1.02) |
Compression Strength Index (g/kg-m) | 3.49 (3.05–4.03) |
Bending Strength Index (g/kg-m) | 1.17 (1.00–1.36) |
Impact Strength Index (g/kg-m) | 0.20 (0.16–0.23) |
Blood markers | |
Blood total lutein (umol/L) | 0.20 (0.14–0.28) |
Blood zeaxanthin (umol/L) | 0.05 (0.04–0.08) |
Blood beta-cryptoxanthin (umol/L) | 0.17 (0.11–0.27) |
Blood 13-cis-beta-carotene (umol/L) | 0.05 (0.03–0.09) |
Blood alpha-carotene (umol/L) | 0.06 (0.03–0.11) |
Blood all trans-beta-carotene (umol/L) | 0.37 (0.19–0.75) |
Blood total lycopene (umol/L) | 0.39 (0.28–0.53) |
Blood gamma-tocopherol (umol/L) | 3.66 (2.23–5.62) |
Blood alpha-tocopherol (umol/L) | 25.95 (20.07–34.53) |
Blood retinol (umol/L) | 1.58 (1.26–1.92) |