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Characteristics of the study population* |
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| Male participants (n = 340) |
Female participants (n = 3848) |
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| Age (years) |
49.7 (16.3) |
53.8 (11.2) |
| Weight (kilograms) |
68.5 (13.1) |
67.1 (11.9) |
| Height (centimeters) |
168.5 (7.7) |
156.1 (6.1) |
| Body Mass Index (kg/cm2) |
24.1 (4.2) |
27.6 (4.7) |
| History of osteoporotic fracture |
8 (2.4) |
47(1.2) |
| Smoking |
35 (10.3) |
94 (2.4) |
| Corticosteroid use |
89 (26.2) |
298 (7.7) |
| Hormone Replacement Therapy |
231 (6.0) |
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| Age at menarche (years) |
13.6 (1.5) |
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| Menopause |
2137 (55.5) |
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| Age at menopause (years) |
47.2 (5.8) |
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| Femoral T score |
-0.93 (1.24) |
-1.43 (1.18) |
| Lumbar T score |
-1.40 (1.48) |
-1.45 (1.54) |
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* Numbers are presented as mean (standard deviation in parenthesis) for numerical variables and frequency (percentage in parenthesis) for categorical variables. | ||
Moayyeri et al. BMC Endocrine Disorders 2005 5:3 doi:10.1186/1472-6823-5-3 |
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