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Table 1 Clinical characteristics and bone variables in sarcopenic women and normal women

From: Sarcopenia negatively affects hip structure analysis variables in a group of Lebanese postmenopausal women

 

Women with normal SMI (n = 60)

Sarcopenic women (n = 8)

P-value

Age (years)

71.633 ± 4.780

75.375 ± 6.610

0.051

Weight (kg)

70.233 ± 12.500**

55.875 ± 9.141

0.003

Height (m)

1.519 ± 0.0596

1.504 ± 0.0752

0.503

BMI (kg/m2)

30.343 ± 4.745**

24.653 ± 3.059

0.002

FM (kg)

27.520 ± 7.810*

20.578 ± 6.490

0.019

LM (kg)

39.986 ± 5.344***

31.236 ± 2.827

< 0.001

SMI (kg/m2)

7.22 ± 1.40

5.31 ± 0.19

< 0.001

WB BMD (g/cm2)

0.884 ± 0.0841

0.834 ± 0.0618

0.106

WB BMC (kg)

1.528 ± 0.280*

1.285 ± 0.202

0.021

L1-L4 BMD (g/cm2)

0.783 ± 0.158

0.746 ± 0.0821

0.827

TH BMD (g/cm2)

0.727 ± 0.124*

0.616 ± 0.0894

0.017

FN BMD (g/cm2)

0.632 ± 0.100**

0.532 ± 0.0871

0.009

FN CSA (cm2)

2.214 ± 0.405**

1.821 ± 0.212

0.009

FN CSMI (cm2)2

1.993 ± 0.656*

1.408 ± 0.261

0.01

FN Z (cm3)

1.072 ± 0.284*

0.801 ± 0.159

0.01

FN CT (cm)

0.140 ± 0.034

0.118 ± 0.026

0.08

FN BR

13.92 ± 2.94

16.28 ± 6.75

0.08

IT CSA (cm2)

3.726 ± 0.836**

2.882 ± 0.356

0.007

IT CSMI (cm2)2

9.36 ± 3.05*

6.53 ± 1.25

0.01

IT Z (cm3)

3.090 ± 0.879**

2.208 ± 0.399

0.003

IT CT (cm)

0.287 ± 0.066*

0.231 ± 0.034

0.02

IT BR

11.1 ± 2.7 *

13.1 ± 2.6

0.04

FS CSA (cm2)

3.520 ± 0.647**

2.853 ± 0.343

0.006

FS CSMI (cm2)2

3.330 ± 0.774***

2.350 ± 0.363

< 0.001

FS Z (cm3)

2.094 ± 0.419***

1.516 ± 0.237

< 0.001

FS CT (cm)

0.429 ± 0.098

0.360 ± 0.068

0.05

FS BR

3.91 ± 1.16

4.53 ± 1.34

0.16

  1. BMI Body Mass Index, SMI Skeletal Muscle Mass Index, WB BMC Whole Body Bone Mineral Content, WB BMD Whole Body Bone Mineral Density, TH Total hip, FN Femoral Neck, FN CSA Femoral Neck Cross-Sectional Area, CSMI cross sectional moment of inertia, Z Section modulus, CT Cortical Thickness, IT Intertrochanteric, FS Femoral shaft, BR Buckling Ratio; * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001