Research Article
Bone Mineral Density and Trabecular Bone Score in Predicting Vertebral Fractures in Male Employees of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of participants with and without vertebral fracture.
| | Characteristics | With vertebral fracture n = 40 (34.78%) | Without vertebral fracture n = 75 (65.22%) | value |
| | Age (years) | 70.3 ± 4.8 | 68.2 ± 4.0 | 0.016 | | Height (cm) | 163.6 ± 5.2 | 164.2 ± 4.6 | 0.510 | | Weight (kg) | 67.1 ± 11.4 | 65.1 ± 8.1 | 0.276 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 25.0 ± 3.7 | 24.1 ± 2.9 | 0.168 | | Current smoking n (%) | 1 (100) | 0 | 0.348 | | Current alcohol drinking n (%) | 19 (35.85) | 34 (64.15) | 0.824 | | Diabetes mellitus n (%) | 7 (24.14) | 22 (75.86) | 0.167 | | Hepatitis n (%) | 0 | 6 (100) | 0.09 | | TBS L1–L4 | 1.268 ± 0.088 | 1.321 ± 0.079 | 0.001 | | Low TBS (≤1.200) n (%) | 11 (68.75) | 5 (31.25) | 0.002 | | LS-BMD (g/cm2) | 0.896 ± 0.136 | 0.947 ± 0.127 | 0.0497 | | LS T-score | | | 0.143 | | Normal n (%) | 13 (29.55) | 31 (70.45) | | | Low bone mass n (%) | 18 (32.72) | 37 (67.27) | | | Osteoporosis n (%) | 9 (56.25) | 7 (43.75) | | | TH-BMD (g/cm2) | 0.899 ± 0.109 | 0.917 ± 0.128 | 0.439 | | TH T-score | | | 0.792 | | Normal n (%) | 22 (32.84) | 45 (67.16) | | | Low bone mass n (%) | 17 (36.96) | 29 (63.04) | | | Osteoporosis n (%) | 1 (50) | 1 (50) | | | FN-BMD (g/cm2) | 0.675 ± 0.092 | 0.715 ± 0.116 | 0.058 | | FN T-score | | | 0.369 | | Normal n (%) | 8 (27.59) | 21 (72.41) | | | Low bone mass n (%) | 23 (34.33) | 44 (65.67) | | | Osteoporosis n (%) | 9 (47.37) | 10 (52.63) | | | Lowest T-score | | | 0.223 | | Normal n (%) | 6 (25) | 18 (75) | | | Low bone mass n (%) | 22 (33.33) | 44 (66.67) | | | Osteoporosis n (%) | 12 (48) | 13 (52) | |
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BMI, body mass index; TBS, trabecular bone score; BMD, bone mineral density; LS, lumbar spine; TH, total hip; FN, femoral neck.
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