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Table 1 Characteristics of NBS and LBS individuals

From: Novel nomograms for predicting the risk of low distal bone strength: development and validation in a Chinese population-based observational study

Variables

Total

NBS

LBS

Test statistic

p value

No.

19,845

11,300 (56.94%)

8545 (43.06%)

  

Region

     

Hangzhou

17,279

9797

7482

321.24

< 0.01

Huzhou

26

8

18

  

 Jiaxing

1853

1275

578

  

 Ningbo

32

26

6

  

 Wenzhou

655

194

461

  

Sex

     

 Male

5834

4613

1221

1650.48

< 0.05

 Female

14,011

6687

7324

  

Age, years

57.96 ± 14.12

52.86 ± 13.94

63.71 ± 11.23

−64.34

< 0.01

 < 24

247

182

65

3080.76

< 0.05

 25–45

3471

3151

320

  

 46–64

9381

5623

3758

  

 65–80

6040

2179

3861

  

 > 80

706

165

541

  

Weight, kg

59.63 ± 9.81

60.83 ± 9.58

58.05 ± 9.87

19.95

< 0.01

Height, cm

160.11 ± 7.26

162.02 ± 6.94

157.58 ± 6.90

44.71

< 0.01

BMI, kg/m2

23.20 ± 3.14

23.12 ± 2.99

23.31 ± 3.31

−4.39

< 0.01

 < 18.5

1026

510

516

92.03

< 0.01

 18.5– 24.9

13,367

7879

5488

  

 25.0–27.9

3993

2202

1791

  

 28.0–31.9

1304

641

663

  

 > 32.0

155

68

87

  

SOS, m/s

4011.11 ± 258.76

4207.27 ± 127.54

3751.70 ± 125.74

250.67

< 0.05

T scores

−1.42 ± 2.32

0.35 ± 1.10

−3.76 ± 1.11

258.69

< 0.01

Z scores

−0.165 ± 1.91

1.10 ± 1.26

−1.84 ± 1.23

165.00

< 0.01

  1. NBS normal bone strength, LBS low bone strength, BMI body mass index, SOS speed of sound