Characteristics of the patients compared to the controls (age, postmenopausal age, BMI, T score). Shown are the mean values, the standard deviation (SD), and the result of Student's t test
| Patients (n=135) | Controls (n=65) | p | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||||||
| Age | 57.7 | 5.4 | 60 | 7.2 | 0.01 | ||||
| Postmenopausal age | 8.7 | 6.5 | 10.7 | 7.9 | 0.05 | ||||
| BMI | 24 | 13.9 | 24.6 | 4.2 | NS | ||||
| tscore | −3.16 | 0.55 | −0.76 | 0.56 | <0.0001 | ||||