Table 4 Univariate analysis of baseline characteristics of participants

Prevalent VFs

116

94 (81.0)

22 (19.0)

-

Female, n (%)

84 (72.4)

70 (74.5)

14 (63.6)

0.31

Age (year)

70.0 ± 4.3

69.6 ± 4.0

71.6 ± 5.4

< 0.05

Height (cm)

150.5 ± 7.2

150.5 ± 7.1

150.5 ± 7.9

0.99

Weight (kg)

54.5 ± 7.7

54.6 ± 7.7

54.3 ± 7.8

0.88

BMI (kg/m²)

24.1 ± 3.0

24.1 ± 2.8

24.1 ± 4.1

0.96

BMD (%)

80.6 ± 14.4

80.0 ± 14.6

83.1 ± 13.2

0.37

LBP+

65 (56.0)

50 (53.2)

15 (68.2)

0.20

Incident VFs

34 (29.3)

23 (24.5)

11 (50.0)

< 0.05

Prevalent VFs

/subject

1.7 ± 0.9

1.6 ± 0.8

2.4 ± 0.8

< 0.01

1 VF/subject

57

53 (56.4%)

4 (18.2%)

< 0.01

2 VFs/subject

37

30 (31.9%)

7 (31.8%)

≥ 3 VFs/subject

17

11 (11.7%)

8 (50.0%)