Atherogenic Index of Plasma and Anthropometric Measurements among Osteoporotic Postmenopausal Sudanese Women: Possible Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
Table 1
Age and anthropometric measurements of normal T-score, osteopenic, and osteoporotic Sudanese women.
Normal T-score
Osteopenia
Osteoporosis
Total
value
Age (years)
n = 80, 26.7%
n = 110, 36.7%
n = 110, 36.7%
n = 300
Mean (SD)#
56.8 (8.0)
60.3 (8.9)
66.4 (10.9)
61.6 (10.2)
Median (SEM)†
55.0 (0.9)
60.0 (0.8)
65.5 (1.0)
61.0 (0.5)
0.0001§
Q1–Q3
50.0–63.0
52.7–65.0
58.7–75.0
52.0–69.0
Age groups (years)
45.0–64.0
65.0 (81.3)‡
70.0 (63.6)
43.0 (39.1)
178.0 (59.3)
0.0001a
65.0–90.0
15.0 (18.8)
40.0 (36.4)
67.0 (60.9)
122.0 (40.7)
BMI (kg/m2)
n = 66
n = 85
n = 92
n = 243
Mean (SD)#
33.1 (6.1)
29.1 (5.8)
29.5 (5.7)
30.3 (6.1)
0.0001
BMI classification
Normal (18.5–24.9 kg/m2)
5.0 (7.6)‡
21.0 (24.7)
23.0 (25.0)
49.0 (20.2)
0.003a
Overweight (25–29.9 kg/m2)
14.0 (21.2)
27.0 (31.8)
16.0 (17.4)
57.0 (23.5)
Obese (≥30 kg/m2)
47.0 (71.2)
37.0 (43.5)
53.0 (57.6)
137.0 (56.4)
WC (cm)
n = 66
n = 85
n = 92
n = 243
Mean (SD)#
108.6 (13.8)
101.5 (11.5)
102.5 (16.6)
103.8 (14.5)
0.006
WC classification
≤88.0 cm
4.0 (6.1) ‡
13.0 (15.3)
19.0 (20.7)
36.0 (14.8)
0.039a
>88.0 cm
62 (93.9)
72.0 (84.7)
73.0 (79.3)
207.0 (85.2)
#Mean, geometric mean; SD, standard deviation; †S.E.M, standard error of mean, ‡values are numbers and percentages; § value is obtained using the Kruskal–Wallis test, , value is obtained using ANOVA with post hoc multiple comparison analysis, a value is obtained by the chi-square test.
