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Table 2 General characteristics of study participants in case and control group

From: Impact of interleukin-6 gene polymorphisms and its interaction with obesity on osteoporosis risk in Chinese postmenopausal women

Variables

Osteoporosis cases (n = 758)

Controls (n = 766)

P values

Age (years) (means ± SD)

65.5 ± 16.1

66.7 ± 17.0

0.157

BMI (kg/m2) (means ± SD)

24.4 ± 5.9

23.3 ± 5.6

0.0002

WC (cm) (means ± SD)

86.5 ± 16.1

84.2 ± 15.6

0.005

Smoke, N (%)

62 (8.2)

39 (5.1)

0.015

Alcohol drinking, N (%)

102 (13.5)

60 (7.8)

0.0004

Calcium supplementation, n (%)

244 (32.2)

223 (29.1)

0.192

YSM (years) (means ± SD)

9.52 ± 5.84

10.03 ± 5.65

0.083

T score

   

 Femoral neck

− 2.73 ± 0.69

0.02 ± 0.30

0.000

 Total femoral

− 1.57 ± 1.01

0.03 ± 0.24

0.000

 Lumbar spine

− 0.75 ± 0.91

0.45 ± 0.82

0.000

Lumbar BMD (g/cm2) (means ± SD)

0.90 ± 0.14

1.05 ± 0.13

0.000

Femoral BMD (g/cm2) (means ± SD)

0.82 ± 0.10

0.95 ± 0.11

0.000

  1. YSM years since menopause; BMI body mass index; WC waist circumference; BMD bone mineral density