Analysis of Bone Mineral Density/Content of Paratroopers and Hoopsters

Table 4

BMC (g) of the different anatomical locations in subgroup I.

	Paratroopers^a ()	Hoopsters^b ()	Controls^c ()
Calcaneus	27.84 ± 3.89	32.52 ± 5.12^a,c	24.58 ± 2.64
First metatarsal	6.19 ± 0.85	8.01 ± 1.84^a,c	5.68 ± 0.78
Second metatarsal	3.54 ± 0.36	4.60 ± 0.84^a,c	3.15 ± 0.58
Third metatarsal	3.09 ± 0.38	3.61 ± 1.15^c	2.41 ± 0.38
Fourth metatarsal	2.90 ± 0.60	2.96 ± 0.79	2.26 ± 0.48
Fifth metatarsal	3.82 ± 0.86	3.59 ± 0.81	3.06 ± 0.73
Lumbar spine (L1–L4) L1	13.34 ± 1.68	17.29 ± 1.31^a,c	13.13 ± 1.87
L2	15.43 ± 1.43	19.70 ± 2.06^a,c	15.08 ± 2.52
L3	17.79 ± 1.48	23.03 ± 3.34^a,c	17.56 ± 2.26
L4	19.19 ± 0.93	25.31 ± 2.31^a,c	19.42 ± 2.49
Ltotal	65.75 ± 5.16	85.33 ± 8.38^a,c	65.19 ± 8.55
Left femoral neck	5.84 ± 1.33	6.86 ± 0.92	5.41 ± 0.78
Left hip	40.51 ± 5.09	58.94 ± 5.05^a,c	41.62 ± 3.00
Right femoral neck	6.46 ± 1.34	6.72 ± 0.72	5.18 ± 0.67^b
Right hip	41.96 ± 4.35	57.45 ± 4.61^a,c	40.36 ± 5.76

Note. Data are means ± SD; ^asignificantly different with paratroopers, ; ^bsignificantly different with hoopsters, ; ^csignificantly different with controls, .