Research Article
Osteoporosis in Healthy South Indian Males and the Influence of Life Style Factors and Vitamin D Status on Bone Mineral Density
Table 1
Demography, biochemistry, and BMD.
| | Variables | Mean (standard deviation) | Range |
| | Age (years) | 58.8 (11.8) | 51–74 | | Height (cms) | 165.4 (7.2) | 142.2–183.0 | | Weight (kgs) | 63.7 (14.2) | 35–114 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 23.3 (4.5) | 16.2–41.6 | | Corrected calcium (mg%) | 8.82 (0.43) | 8.1–10.2 | | Phosphorus (mg%) | 3.9 (0.5) | 2.1–5.1 | | Creatinine (mg%) | 0.96 (0.12) | 0.7–1.3 | | Vitamin D (ng/mL) | 20.4 (8.3) | 4–58 | | Alkaline phosphatase (U/L) | 73.5 (21.4) | 39–167 | | Testosterone (ng/dL) | 620 (124) | 270–980 | | PTH (pg/mL) | 44.5 (25.6) | 14.5–151.0 | | BMD spine (gm/cm2) | 0.943 (0.111) | 0.912–0.974 | | BMD neck (gm/cm2) | 0.761 (0.124) | 0.733–0.771 |
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