Retrospective Analysis of Bone Metabolism in Patients on Waiting List for Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation

Table 2

Densitometric parameters for the whole group, men, and women, along with gender comparisons.

		Total ()	Men ()	Women ()	Significance
Lumbar spine	-score	-0.9 [-1.85 to -0.05]	-1.1 [-2.0 to -0.2]	-0.4 [-1.6 to 0.33]	;
	-score	-0.8 [-1.75 to 0.1]	-1.1 [-2.0 to 0.0]	-0.3 [-1.33 to 0.33]	;
	BMD (g/cm^2)	1.104 [0.982 to 1.211]	1.089 [0.976 to 1.196]	1.129 [0.987 to 1.222]	NS
Total hip	-score	-1.4 [-2.0 to -0.9]	-1.5 [-1.9 to -1.0]	-1.4 [-2.23 to -0.7]	NS
	-score	-1.2 [-1.75 to -0.6]	-1.2 [-1.7 to -0.7]	-1.3 [-2.0 to -0.5]	NS
	BMD (g/cm^2)	0.875 [0.789 to 0.946]	0.889 [0.823 to 0.963]	0.826 [0.742 to 0.917]
Femoral neck	-score	-1.6 [-2.3 to -1.0]	-1.7 [-2.3 to -1.0]	-1.5 [-2.3 to -1.0]	NS
	-score	-1.2 [-1.9 to -0.7]	-1.3 [-2.0 to -0.7]	-1.2 [-1.9 to -0.56]	NS
	BMD (g/cm^2)	0.827 [0.745 to 0.928]	0.833 [0.776 to 0.943]	0.821 [0.724 to 0.903]	NS
Distal radius ()	-score	-0.8 [-1.4 to -0.15]	-0.8 [-1.4 to -0.05]	-0.85 [-1.55 to -0.23]	NS
	-score	-0.8 [-1.4 to -0.1]	-0.7 [-1.4 to -0.05]	-0.8 [-1.4 to -0.2]	NS
	BMD (g/cm^2)	0.890 [0.800 to 0.954]	0.926 [0.862 to 0.993]	0.813 [0.753 to 0.865]

Data are medians [interquartile ranges]. , adjusted for age (-score) and for BMI, GF, and albumin (both - and -scores).