Table 1

-The demographic characteristics and measured values of total patients, men and women, among the 3 groups.

VariablesNon-DMPre-DMDMP-value
Whole group, n=327 (%)132 (40.36)57 (17.43)138 (42.20)<0.001
Age (years)*56.2 ± 12.059.8 ± 10.465.9 ± 10.1
BMI (Kg/m2)*29.7 ± 6.431.8 ± 5.231.2 ± 6.20.0518
Femur T score*-0.402 ± 1.166-0.172 ± 0.989-0.301 ± 1.3220.4746
Spine T score*-1.016 ± 1.522-0.479 ± 1.168-0.590 ± 1.3900.0069
Femur BMD, (g/cm2)*0.926 ± 0.1610.966 ± 0.1440.936 ± 0.1630.2797
Spine BMD, (g/cm2)*0.990 ± 0.1551.061 ± 0.1441.049 ± 0.1760.0031
Normal BMD, n= 158 (%)60 (37.97)31 (19.62)67 (42.41)0.0009
Osteopenia, n= 131 (%)51 (38.93)23 (17.56)57 (43.51)0.0005
Osteoporosis, n= 38 (%)21 (55.26)3 (7.90)14 (36.84)0.0015
Men, n=109 (%)37 (33.94)23 (21.1)49 (44.95) 
Age (years)*52.6 ± 12.760.9 ± 10.570.1 ± 11.1<0.001
BMI (Kg/m2)*27.0 ± 4.430.8 ± 4.528.9 ± 6.40.0363
Femur T score*-0.708 ± 1.121-0.313 ± 0.894-0.451 ± 1.0420.3175
Spine T score*-0.875 ± 1.245-0.143 ± 1.014-0.045 ± 1.4580.0118
Normal BMD, n=59(%)18 (30.5)15 (25.42)26 (44.06) 
Osteopenia, n= 42(%)13 (30.96)8 (19.04)21 (50) 
Osteoporosis, n= 8(%)6 (75)0 (0)2 (25) 
Women, n=218 (%)95 (43.57)34 (15.59)89 (40.82) 
Age (years)*57.6 ± 11.659.1 ± 10.463.6 ± 8.70.0005
BMI (Kg/m2)*30.8 ± 6.832.4 ± 5.532.5 ± 5.80.1363
Femur T score*-0.282 ± 1.167-0.076 ± 1.051-0.218 ± 1.4520.7216
Spine T score*-1.071 ± 1.260-0.706 ± 1.224-0.889 ± 1.2620.3099
Normal BMD, n=99(%)42 (42.42)16 (16.16)41 (41.41) 
Osteopenia, n= 89 (%)38 (42.69)15 (16.85)36 (40.44) 
Osteoporosis, n=30 (%)15 (50)3 (10)12 (40) 
  • * The data were given as a mean ± SD (standard deviation). BMI: body mass index, BMD: bone mineral density