Clinical Study
The Relationship between Cortisol and Bone Mineral Density in Competitive Male Cyclists
Table 2
Means, standard deviations, and 95% confidence intervals for BMD (
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| Variable | M | SD | 95% CI |
| g/cm2 | | | | Lumbar spine | 1.033 | 0.12 | [0.988, 1.077] | Total hip | 0.971 | 0.12 | [0.928, 1.015] | Femoral neck | 0.817 | 0.12 | [0.772, 0.860] | Femoral trochanter | 0.738 | 0.10 | [0.700, 0.861] | T-scores | | | | Lumbar spine | −0.51 | 1.08 | [−0.92, −0.11 ] | Total hip | −0.35 | 0.77 | [−0.64, −0.06] | Femoral neck | −0.81 | 0.87 | [−1.14, −0.49] | Femoral trochanter | −0.30 | 0.78 | [−0.59, −0.003] |
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