Research Article
Lack of Association between Pulse Steroid Therapy and Bone Mineral Density in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Table 2
Comparisons of bone mineral density measurements (mean ± SD) at lumbar and femoral sites between MS patients and controls.
| | Female | Male | | MS patients
| Controls
| | MS patients
| Controls
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| Lumbar spine | | | | | | | BMD | 0.98 ± 0.15 | 1 ± 0.13 | 0.27 | 0.99 ± 0.17 | 1.00 ± 0.13 | 0.81 | score | −0.56 ± 1.37 | −0.40 ± 1.11 | 0.47 | −0.81 ± 1.51 | −0.77 ± 0.87 | 0.89 | score | −0.33 ± 1.37 | 0.06 ± 1.17 | 0.07 | −0.68 ± 1.50 | −0.57 ± 0.85 | 0.69 | Femoral neck | | | | | | | BMD | 0.81 ± 0.17 | 0.87 ± 0.14 | 0.021 | 0.89 ± 0.23 | 0.92 ± 0.14 | 0.48 | score | −0.82 ± 1.59 | −0.24 ± 1.35 | <0.001 | −0.67 ± 1.69 | 0.69 ± 1.53 | <0.001 | score | −0.48 ± 1.63 | 0.45 ± 1.43 | <0.001 | −0.05 ± 1.59 | 0.79 ± 1.46 |
0.018 | Femoral trochanter | | | | | | | BMD | 0.64 ± 0.13 | 0.68 ± 0.10 | <0.001 | 0.74 ± 0.16 | 0.71 ± 0.15 | 0.46 | score | −1.02 ± 1.20 | −0.47 ± 1.15 | 0.005 | −0.76 ± 1.29 | 0.32 ± 1.53 | <0.001 | score | −0.87 ± 1.19 | 0.15 ± 1.15 | <0.001 | −0.49 ± 1.23 | 0.50 ± 1.41 | <0.001 |
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SD: standard deviation. values are from Student’s -test and values <0.05 are statistically significant.
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