Correlation between Urine N-Terminal Telopeptide and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Parameters: A Preliminary Study

Table 2

Patient demographics.

Factor		Overall	Male	Female	value
N		22	9	13
Age	Median (range)	60.02 [35.96, 73.25]	60.20 [35.96, 71.00]	59.85 [42.13, 73.25]	0.556
BMI (Kg/m2)	Median (range)	28.79 [20.12, 42.45]	31.66 [25.40, 42.45]	26.60 [20.12, 37.79]	0.071
L1.2 vBMD (mg/cm3)	Median (range)	118.95 [71.65, 186.45]	126.03 [94.30, 170.40]	118.95 [71.65, 186.45]	0.545
uNTX (nmol BCE/mmol·Cr)	Median (range)	29.50 [11.00, 74.00]	21.00 [11.00, 39.00]	36.00 [15.00, 74.00]	0.033