Clinical Study

A Study on Bone Mass in Elderly Chinese Foot-Binding Women

Table 4

Body comparison according to age groups between normal foot group ( ) and foot-binding group ( ).

GroupingBMI WHR
Foot-binding groupNormal foot groupFoot-binding groupNormal foot group

Group below 7021.64 ± 3.7122.06 ± 2.92−0.4650.6440.842 ± 0.0650.847 ± 0.052−0.3250.747
Group of 71–7521.75 ± 2.9522.40 ± 3.62−1.6910.0920.844 ± 0.0520.857 ± 0.052−1.3350.184
Group of 76–8020.47 ± 3.1420.81 ± 2.97−0.4540.6510.843 ± 0.0500.835 ± 0.0501.3280.185
Group above 8121.16 ± 3.4822.66 ± 5.01−0.8580.3960.878 ± 0.0550.879 ± 0.060−0.0090.993