Bone Mineral Density in the Noninstitutionalized Elderly: Influence of Sociodemographic and Anthropometric Factors

Table 1

Bone mineral density, nutritional parameters, and age of the elderly, by sex. Goiânia, GO, 2009. .

Variables	Sample ()	Men ()	Women ()	value
Age (years)	70.01 ± 6.40	70.50 ± 6.68	69.69 ± 6.23	0.478
Weight (kg)	67.78 ± 14.09	71.72 ± 13.04	65.22 ± 14.23	0.009
Height (m)	1.59 ± 0.08	1.67 ± 0.07	1.54 ± 0.05	0.000
BMI (kg/m^2)	26.73 ± 5.19	25.75 ± 4.05	27.38 ± 5.75	0.078
Bone area (cm^2)	2.04 ± 0.25	2.25 ± 0.20	1.91 ± 0.18	0.000
BMC (kg)	2.26 ± 0.50	2.65 ± 0.45	2.00 ± 0.35	0.000
BMD (g/cm^2)	1.09 ± 0.13	1.17 ± 0.12	1.04 ± 0.11	0.000

Student’s -test.
BMI: body mass index; BMC: bone mineral content; BMD: bone mineral density.