Research Article

Is Lipid Profile Associated with Bone Mineral Density and Bone Formation in Subjects with Spinal Cord Injury?

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of study cases and differences of basic features among male subjects with spinal cord injury (: 85).

CategoryMean (standard deviation)

Age (year)51.80 (13.44)

Weight (kg)70.49 (14.36)

Height (cm)172.34 (6.92)

Body mass index (kg/m2)23.62 (4.05)

Time since injury (year)9.15 (6.43)

Triglyceride (mg/dL)152.54 (64.06)

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)175.69 (34.38)

High density lipoprotein (mg/dL)41.31 (8.94)

Low density lipoprotein (mg/dL)100.49 (24.97)

Bone mineral density of femoral neck-score−2.16 (0.95)
-score−1.74 (0.96)

Bone mineral density of femoral intertrochanteric zone-score−2.29 (0.94)
-score−2.21 (0.95)

Bone mineral density of femoral trochanter-score−2.11 (0.73)
-score−1.92 (0.74)

Bone mineral density of total hip-score−2.36 (0.83)
-score−2.22 (0.86)

Bone mineral density of spinal lumbar vertebras-score−0.43 (1.81)
-score0.53 (1.59)