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Comparisons of bone mineral density of 569 women according to education level |
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| No Education |
Elementary |
High school |
University |
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| L2-4 BMD |
0.62 ± 0.29a, b, c |
0.74 ± 0.19 |
0.77 ± 0.17 |
0.76 ± 0.33 |
| Femoral Neck BMD |
0.64 ± 0.19 |
0.61 ± 0.24 |
0.62 ± 0.24 |
0.64 ± 0.21 |
| Trochanter BMD |
0.49 ± 0.18c |
0.53 ± 0.19 |
0.56 ± 0.16 |
0.61 ± 0.12 |
| Ward's triangle BMD |
0.45 ± 0.17c |
0.49 ± 0.18 |
0.49 ± 0.20 |
0.58 ± 0.10 |
| Osteoporosis (%) |
72 (34.4)a, b, c |
62 (27.9)d, e |
17 (21.5) |
11(18.6) |
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Values are shown as mean ± standard deviation (SD) for all variables except percentage of osteoporosis. aSignificant different from elementary group, b Significant different from high school group, cSignificant different from university group (p < 0.05). | ||||
Gur et al. BMC Family Practice 2004 5:18 doi:10.1186/1471-2296-5-18 |
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