Lack of Association of Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 Gene Haplotypes with Bone Mineral Density, Bone Loss, or Risk of Fractures in Men

Table 1

Age, weight, height and bone mineral density of control male subjects and men with osteoporosis.

	Controls (𝑛=224)	Patients (𝑛=118)
Age (yr)	65.0 (7.7)	59.1 (12.6)***
Height (cm)	173 (6)	171 (8)*
Weight (kg)	81.5 (10.8)	75.9 (14.6)***
Spinal BMD (g/cm^2)	1.113 (0.160)	0.797 (0.100)***
Spinal Z score	0.96 (1.49)	−2.06 (0.96)***
Spinal T-score	0.14 (1.46)	−2.69 (0.90)***
Total femoral BMD (g/cm^2)	1.02 (0.13)	0.783 (0.099)***
Total femoral Z score	0.71 (0.96)	−1.25 (0.81)***
Total femoral T-score	−0.32 (0.98)	−2.18 (0.75)***
Femoral neck BMD (g/cm^2)	0.85 (0.12)	0.692 (0.100)***
Femoral neck Z score	0.71 (1.09)	−1.05 (0.90)***
Femoral neck T score	−1.11 (1.09)	−2.57 (0.86)***

* 𝑃<0.01 and ***𝑃<0.0001 using unpaired Student’s 𝑡-test.