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

Table 1

General health indicators of normal foot group (𝑛=104) and foot-binding group (𝑛=204).

	Normal foot group (𝑥±𝑠)	Foot-binding group (𝑥±𝑠)	𝑡	𝑃
Age (Years)	72.95 ± 4.50	75.99 ± 4.58	−5.482	0.001
Height (cm)	149.32 ± 6.12	148.36 ± 6.03	1.302	0.194
Weight (kg)	49.03 ± 8.55	45.73 ± 7.33	3.485	0.001
BMI	21.95 ± 3.36	20.79 ± 3.19	2.928	0.004
Waistline (cm)	72.81 ± 7.92	72.37 ± 7.68	0.465	0.642
Hipline (cm)	85.55 ± 6.46	84.46 ± 5.60	1.512	0.131
Left vision	0.75 ± 1.14	0.55 ± 0.94	1.605	0.110
Right vision	0.74 ± 1.16	0.55 ± 0.96	1.465	0.144
Age of menopause (years)	47.49 ± 4.52	48.05 ± 3.72	1.160	0.247
Gravidity	6.77 ± 2.22	7.64 ± 2.86	2.689	0.008
Parity	6.21 ± 2.13	7.02 ± 2.63	2.724	0.007
Lactation month time	127.80 ± 58.35	125.57 ± 61.07	−0.304	0.762
Footbinding age (years)		8.39 ± 3.16