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

Table 3

bone mineral density in the elderly, per gender, and association with anthropometric and body composition variables. Goiânia, GO, 2009. .

Variables	(%)	Bone mineral density
		Men		Women
		Average ± SD	value	Average ± SD	value
BMI (WHO)			0.001		0.0001
Low weight	5 (3.79)	1.13 ± 0.0		0.92 ± 0.14
Eutrophic	51 (38.64)	1.09 ± 0.09		0.97 ± 0.08
Overweight	44 (33.33)	1.21 ± 0.11		1.07 ± 0.08
Obese	32 (24.24)	1.25 ± 0.10		1.13 ± 0.10
BMI (Lipschitz)			0.000^§		0.000^§
Low weight	22 (16.67)	1.08 ± 0.07		0.92 ± 0.10
Eutrophic	52 (39.39)	1.15 ± 0.11		1.00 ± 0.80
Overweight	58 (43.94)	1.24 ± 0.11		1.10 ± 0.10
BFP			0.025^#		0.000^#
Adequate	54 (40.91)	1.14 ± 0.13		0.99 ± 0.10
Augmented	78 (59.09)	1.18 ± 0.11		1.08 ± 0.10
WC			0.025^§		0.000^§
Adequate	33 (25.19)	1.12 ± 0.09		0.94 ± 0.11
Enlarged	33 (25.19)	1.16 ± 0.14		1.00 ± 0.07
Very enlarged	65 (49.62)	1.22 ± 0.09		1.09 ± 0.10
WHR			0.158^#		0.880^#
No risk for CNTD	12 (9.16)	1.11 ± 0.10		1.05 ± 0.12
At risk for CNTD	119 (90.84)	1.18 ± 0.12		1.04 ± 0.11

Kruskal-Wallis; ^#Student’s -test; ^§ANOVA; BMI: body mass index; BFP: body fat percentage; WC: waist circumference; WHR: waist-hip ratio; CNTD: chronic nontransmissible diseases.