V. Bone Analysis



1) Bone mineral weight and density

1. Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)

Whole body bone mineral weight
Whole body bone mineral density
Head bone mineral weight
Head bone mineral density
Left arm bone mineral weight
Left arm bone mineral density
Right arm bone mineral weight
Right arm bone mineral density
Left rib cage bone mineral weight
Left rib cage bone mineral density
Right rib cage bone mineral weight
Right rib cage bone mineral density
Thoracic spine bone mineral weight
Thoracic spine bone mineral density
Lumbar spine bone mineral weight
Lumbar bone mineral density
Pelvic bone mineral weight
Pelvic bone mineral density
Left leg bone mineral weight
Left leg bone mineral density
Right leg bone mineral weight
Right leg bone mineral density
Lumbar spine 2-4
Right and left femoral neck
Right and left trochanter region
Right and left Wards triangle

 

2. Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) (Fig.1)

D100: Cortical and trabecular bone density of ultradistal radius.
D50: Trabecular bone density over the core volume of ultradistal radius.
P100: Cortical bone density of proxima

 









Bone mineral density

1. Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) (Hologic QDR-4500)  



Whole body bone mineral weight (g)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Male     2331.5 341.1  277 2290.5 300.1  265 2087.8 490.1  265 2038.4 339.3  275 2187.3 394.4 1082 
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 Female   1958.8 312.2  266 1755.4 276.8  265 1491.9 249.6  274 1338.1 232.0  264 1635.4 359.2 1069 
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 Total    2148.9 376.4  543 2023.0 393.5  530 1784.9 488.2  539 1695.4 455.8  539 1913.0 467.4 2151 
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Whole body bone mineral density (g/cm2)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Male      4.834 44.40  277  1.106 0.092  265 21.825 101.3  265  2.852 29.90  275  7.578 57.47 1082 
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 Female    6.977 55.35  266  2.447 23.39  265  3.415 29.36  274  0.854 0.081  264  3.429 33.48 1069 
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 Total     5.884 50.03  543  1.777 16.54  530 12.466 74.54  539  1.873 21.36  539  5.516 47.14 2151 
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Head bone mineral weight (g)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Male      508.7  80.2  277  499.9  79.9  265  467.0  98.3  265  458.4  88.5  275  483.5  89.5 1082 
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 Female    543.6 101.0  266  482.7  98.3  265  396.3  78.3  274  364.4  75.2  264  446.5 113.4 1069 
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 Total     525.8  92.6  543  491.3  89.9  530  431.1  95.4  539  412.3  94.7  539  465.1 103.7 2151 
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Head bone mineral density (g/cm2)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Male      3.292 14.67  277  2.041 0.279  265  8.598 32.15  265  2.520 9.509  275  4.089 18.36 1082 
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 Female    3.587 11.77  266  2.517 6.640  265  2.387 7.134  274  1.681 0.291  264  2.543 7.666 1069 
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 Total     3.437 13.32  543  2.279 4.701  530  5.441 23.30  539  2.109 6.802  539  3.321 14.12 2151 
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Left arm bone mineral weight (g)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Male      172.3  22.5  277  171.1  25.1  265  164.6  26.3  265  154.9  26.2  275  165.7  26.0 1082 
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 Female    124.0  17.1  266  111.3  17.9  265   96.3  16.6  274   84.6  17.2  264  104.0  22.7 1069 
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 Total     148.6  31.4  543  141.2  37.0  530  129.8  40.6  539  120.5  41.6  539  135.0  39.3 2151 
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Left arm bone mineral density (g/cm2)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Male      2.103 15.76  277  0.777 0.059  265  7.813 34.26  265  1.361 10.30  275  2.988 19.62 1082 
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 Female    1.997 12.53  266  1.067 7.010  265  1.226 7.517  274  0.559 0.049  264  1.214 8.114 1069 
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 Total     2.051 14.26  543  0.922 4.954  530  4.465 24.81  539  0.968 7.359  539  2.106 15.06 2151 
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Right arm bone mineral weight (g)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Male      181.3  23.8  277  178.6  26.3  265  167.4  25.2  265  159.4  26.9  275  171.7  27.0 1082 
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 Female    130.1  16.3  266  116.5  18.0  265  100.8  16.2  274   88.7  17.5  264  109.0  23.1 1069 
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 Total     156.2  32.8  543  147.5  38.4  530  133.5  39.5  539  124.8  42.1  539  140.5  40.2 2151 
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Right arm bone mineral density (g/cm2)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Male      1.526 8.477  277  0.801 0.061  265  4.062 15.94  265  1.114 5.913  275  1.865 9.534 1082 
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 Female    1.449 7.042  266  0.880 3.633  265  0.960 4.273  274  0.571 0.050  264  0.966 4.509 1069 
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 Total     1.488 7.800  543  0.840 2.567  530  2.485 11.68  539  0.848 4.229  539  1.418 7.484 2151 
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Left rib cage bone mineral weight (g)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Male       91.7  16.6  277   90.8  15.6  265   86.3  19.8  265   79.3  16.4  275   87.0  17.8 1082 
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 Female     77.1  14.5  266   69.4  14.9  265   62.0  13.2  274   57.4  12.5  264   66.5  15.7 1069 
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 Total      84.6  17.3  543   80.1  18.6  530   73.9  20.7  539   68.6  18.3  539   76.8  19.7 2151 
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Left rib cage bone mineral density (g/cm2)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Male      1.393 9.100  277  0.630 0.063  265  4.224 17.77  265  0.897 4.955  275  1.774 10.32 1082 
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 Female    1.346 7.090  266  0.881 5.438  265  1.004 6.478  274  0.486 0.050  264  0.931 5.532 1069 
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 Total     1.370 8.170  543  0.755 3.844  530  2.587 13.37  539  0.696 3.542  539  1.355 8.301 2151 
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Right rib cage bone mineral weight (g)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Male       93.3  17.8  277   93.2  18.3  265   87.8  17.8  265   82.8  18.5  275   89.3  18.6 1082 
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 Female     80.1  15.6  266   73.9  14.3  265   68.4  13.4  274   64.3  14.7  264   71.7  15.7 1069 
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 Total      86.8  18.0  543   83.6  19.0  530   77.9  18.5  539   73.7  19.1  539   80.5  19.3 2151 
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Right rib cage bone mineral density (g/cm2)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Male      1.486 10.02  277  0.639 0.065  265  4.991 22.07  265  1.004 6.481  275  2.015 12.58 1082 
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 Female    1.496 8.400  266  0.818 4.223  265  0.905 4.724  274  0.499 0.047  264  0.930 5.268 1069 
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 Total     1.491 9.253  543  0.729 2.985  530  2.914 15.95  539  0.757 4.632  539  1.476 9.675 2151 
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Thoracic spine bone mineral weight (g)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Male      111.0  22.1  277  111.6  20.4  265  107.3  27.9  265  101.6  26.8  275  107.8  24.8 1082 
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 Female     94.1  17.8  266   82.5  16.0  265   72.5  15.4  274   66.1  14.3  264   78.8  19.1 1069 
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 Total     102.7  21.8  543   97.1  23.4  530   89.6  28.4  539   84.2  28.0  539   93.4  26.5 2151 
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Thoracic spine bone mineral density (g/cm2)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Male      1.262 4.673  277  0.883 0.117  265  2.962 10.50  265  1.045 2.905  275  1.531 5.944 1082 
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 Female    1.381 4.701  266  0.892 1.630  265  0.896 2.325  274  0.654 0.099  264  0.956 2.756 1069 
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 Total     1.320 4.683  543  0.888 1.154  530  1.912 7.611  539  0.853 2.083  539  1.245 4.650 2151 
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Lumbar spine bone mineral weight (g)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Male       58.9  16.6  277   56.3  12.4  265   60.5  31.8  265   52.4  17.5  275   57.0  21.0 1082 
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 Female     53.4  15.7  266   43.8  11.6  265   35.4  12.8  274   31.0   9.9  264   40.9  15.3 1069 
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 Total      56.2  16.4  543   50.1  13.5  530   47.7  27.1  539   41.9  17.9  539   49.0  20.1 2151 
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Lumbar bone mineral density (g/cm2)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Male      2.873 22.37  277  1.005 0.156  265  9.789 43.70  265  1.724 12.18  275  3.817 25.37 1082 
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 Female    2.943 17.69  266  1.389 7.478  265  1.676 10.14  274  0.786 0.143  264  1.700 10.88 1069 
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 Total     2.907 20.20  543  1.197 5.287  530  5.665 31.71  539  1.265 8.706  539  2.765 19.59 2151 
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Pelvic bone mineral weight (g)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Male      234.8  49.2  277  224.9  48.2  265  212.4  55.0  265  191.4  49.2  275  215.8  53.0 1082 
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 Female    202.4  42.2  266  169.6  35.6  265  137.2  33.2  274  114.4  27.8  264  155.8  48.2 1069 
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 Total     218.9  48.6  543  197.2  50.5  530  174.2  58.8  539  153.7  55.6  539  186.0  58.9 2151 
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Pelvic bone mineral density (g/cm2)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Male      4.458 39.79  277  1.119 0.133  265 17.814 81.33  265  2.455 23.67  275  6.402 46.96 1082 
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 Female    4.550 32.18  266  2.091 16.55  265  2.648 19.93  274  0.885 0.127  264  2.548 20.69 1069 
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 Total     4.503 36.23  543  1.605 11.70  530 10.104 59.20  539  1.686 16.91  539  4.487 36.40 2151 
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Left leg bone mineral weight (g)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Male      448.5  64.6  277  433.1  62.8  265  407.4  63.5  265  382.0  68.0  275  417.8  69.5 1082 
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 Female    335.7  46.1  266  306.4  49.5  265  267.2  43.2  274  233.9  51.3  264  285.7  61.1 1069 
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 Total     393.2  79.7  543  369.7  84.9  530  336.1  88.6  539  309.5  95.5  539  352.1  93.0 2151 
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Left leg bone mineral density (g/cm2)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Male      4.570 39.67  277  1.223 0.121  265 17.898 81.21  265  2.491 22.53  275  6.486 46.74 1082 
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 Female    4.475 32.21  266  2.057 16.74  265  2.525 19.01  274  0.879 0.087  264  2.488 20.51 1069 
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 Total     4.524 36.17  543  1.640 11.83  530 10.083 58.98  539  1.701 16.10  539  4.499 36.21 2151 
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Right leg bone mineral weight (g)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Male      449.2  74.9  277  431.1  61.6  265  428.1 119.4  265  385.4  76.4  275  423.4  88.8 1082 
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 Female    341.3  67.7  266  306.9  55.6  265  269.8  67.6  274  233.3  51.7  264  287.8  73.1 1069 
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 Total     396.4  89.5  543  369.0  85.4  530  347.6 124.8  539  310.9 100.3  539  356.0 105.9 2151 
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Right leg bone mineral density (g/cm2)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Male     28.080 315.9  277  1.213 0.112  265 153.73 737.0  265 15.887 244.6  275 49.174 420.6 1082 
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 Female   38.240 348.6  266 12.600 188.4  265 25.035 281.9  274  0.887 0.102  264 19.274 243.8 1069 
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 Total    33.057 332.1  543  6.906 133.2  530 88.307 557.7  539  8.540 174.8  539 34.314 344.5 2151 
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Lumbar spine 2-4 (g/cm2)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Female    1.023 0.125  282  0.896 0.144  278  0.794 0.129  284  0.750 0.147  275  0.866 0.172 1119 
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 Male      0.988 0.121  291  0.993 0.136  282  0.977 0.169  282  0.974 0.208  283  0.983 0.162 1138 
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 Total     1.006 0.124  573  0.945 0.148  560  0.885 0.176  566  0.864 0.212  558  0.925 0.177 2257 
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Right femoral neck (g/cm2)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Female    0.771 0.097  282  0.717 0.104  277  0.638 0.090  284  0.583 0.079  274  0.678 0.118 1117 
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 Male      0.791 0.099  291  0.785 0.108  282  0.736 0.113  283  0.699 0.114  283  0.753 0.115 1139 
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 Total     0.782 0.099  573  0.751 0.111  559  0.687 0.113  567  0.642 0.114  557  0.716 0.122 2256 
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Right trochanter region (g/cm2)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Female    0.658 0.093  282  0.604 0.095  277  0.535 0.088  284  0.484 0.088  274  0.571 0.112 1117 
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 Male      0.680 0.098  291  0.689 0.101  282  0.673 0.107  283  0.632 0.114  283  0.669 0.107 1139 
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 Total     0.669 0.096  573  0.647 0.107  559  0.604 0.120  567  0.559 0.126  557  0.620 0.120 2256 
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Right Wards triangle (g/cm2)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Female    0.663 0.128  282  0.567 0.138  277  0.431 0.115  284  0.365 0.105  274  0.507 0.169 1117 
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 Male      0.627 0.122  291  0.593 0.127  282  0.526 0.133  283  0.462 0.126  283  0.553 0.142 1139 
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 Total     0.644 0.126  573  0.580 0.133  559  0.479 0.133  567  0.414 0.126  557  0.530 0.157 2256 
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Left femoral neck (g/cm2)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Female    0.774 0.098  282  0.720 0.093  277  0.647 0.088  283  0.592 0.088  272  0.684 0.115 1114 
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 Male      0.810 0.103  290  0.801 0.108  282  0.750 0.111  283  0.712 0.115  283  0.768 0.116 1138 
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 Total     0.792 0.102  572  0.761 0.109  559  0.699 0.112  566  0.653 0.119  555  0.727 0.123 2252 
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Left trochanter region (g/cm2)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Female    0.661 0.093  282  0.607 0.097  277  0.540 0.087  283  0.485 0.087  272  0.574 0.113 1114 
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 Male      0.688 0.099  290  0.697 0.104  282  0.679 0.113  283  0.631 0.116  283  0.674 0.111 1138 
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 Total     0.675 0.097  572  0.652 0.111  559  0.610 0.123  566  0.560 0.126  555  0.624 0.123 2252 
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Left Wards triangle (g/cm2)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Female    0.658 0.123  282  0.559 0.129  277  0.431 0.114  283  0.368 0.106  272  0.505 0.163 1114 
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 Male      0.620 0.128  290  0.589 0.124  282  0.523 0.124  283  0.464 0.120  283  0.549 0.138 1138 
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 Total     0.639 0.127  572  0.574 0.128  559  0.477 0.128  566  0.417 0.123  555  0.527 0.153 2252 
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2. Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT)  (Densiscan 1000)



D50 (trabecular bone density over the core volume of ultradistal radius) (mg/cm3)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Female    247.1  56.1  270  200.0  69.1  266  152.9  56.3  273  139.8  63.5  270  184.8  74.6 1079 
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 Male      294.6  64.5  279  278.1  63.5  275  255.7  67.1  272  237.8  68.8  267  266.9  69.3 1093 
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 Total     271.2  65.0  549  239.7  76.9  541  204.2  80.5  545  188.5  82.3  537  226.1  82.9 2172 
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D100 (cortical and trabecular bone density of ultradistal radius) (mg/cm3)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Female    607.7  82.5  270  518.9 101.4  266  427.8  86.7  273  387.7  87.2  270  485.2 123.6 1079 
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 Male      587.3  82.6  279  562.2  87.8  275  525.7  98.3  272  486.8  94.2  267  541.1  98.3 1093 
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 Total     597.3  83.1  549  540.9  97.1  541  476.6 104.7  545  437.0 103.3  537  513.3 115.0 2172 
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P100 (cortical bone density of proximal radius) (mg/cm3)

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               40-49yr           50-59yr           60-69yr           70-79yr            Total       
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           Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N    Mean   SD    N   
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 Female   1362.6 121.3  270 1222.7 154.1  266 1068.9 152.9  273  959.1 157.1  270 1152.8 212.1 1079 
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 Male     1265.4 118.5  279 1206.9 134.8  275 1162.3 139.9  272 1103.3 161.8  267 1185.4 151.3 1093 
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 Total    1313.2 129.3  549 1214.7 144.7  541 1115.5 153.7  545 1030.8 174.9  537 1169.2 184.7 2172 
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