Research Article
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 () | Patients () |
| 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/cm2) | 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/cm2) | 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/cm2) | 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)*** |
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and *** using unpaired Student’s -test.
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