Establishing Reference Intervals for Bone Turnover Markers in the Healthy Shanghai Population and the Relationship with Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women

Table 1

Anthropometric characteristics and other variables in the men and women aged 35–45 yr used to calculate the reference intervals of the bone turnover markers.

Characteristics	Men (𝑛=226)	Women (𝑛=406)
Age (year)	39.8 ± 3.2 (35–45)	39.4 ± 3.2 (35–45)
Height (cm)	173.2 ± 5.9 (165.8–180.1)	162.0 ± 4.9 (153.7–172.5)
Weight (kg)	75.0 ± 12.5 (61.6–85.5)	58.3 ± 7.1 (44.7–68.3)
BMI (kg/m^2)	25.4 ± 3.1 (20.8–26.4)	22.2 ± 2.6 (17.9–24.6)

∗Data are presented as the mean ± SD. Parenthesis for minimum and maximum.