Bone Mineral Density and Body Composition of Adult Premenopausal Women with Three Levels of Physical Activity

Table 3

Bone mineral density results.

Site	Sedentary (𝑛=16)	Maintenance (𝑛=16)	Sport Team (𝑛=16)	Linear trend 𝑃^a
Total body	1.117±0.069	1.132±0.071	1.220±0.087^b	0.0004
Lumbar spine	1.153±0.107	1.189±0.125	1.358±0.177^b	0.0001
Femoral neck	0.942±0.103	0.950±0.102	1.153±0.186^b	<0.0001
Total hip	0.932±0.085	0.957±0.110	1.159±0.180^b	<0.0001
33% radius	0.686±0.053	0.681±0.042	0.705±0.072	Not calculated^c

^aFor linear trend post-hoc test after a significant result with ANOVA.
^bSignificantly different from Sedentary and Maintenance (both 𝑃<0.01).
^cFor the 33% radius site, 𝑃 for ANOVA was 0.4606.