Table 1 Subject characteristics and bone and biochemical parameters of 169 postmenopausal women

From: Relationship of serum GDF11 levels with bone mineral density and bone turnover markers in postmenopausal Chinese women

Detected parameters

Postmenopausal women

Age/years

57.0±6.3

Years since menopause

7.7±6.4

Height/cm

155.6±5.0

Body weight/kg

53.5±4.8

BMI/(kg·m−2)

22.1±1.4

BMD (g·cm−2)

 Lumbar spine

0.884±0.135

 Total hip

0.837±0.112

 Femoral neck

0.734±0.098

GDF11/(ng·mL−1)

5.92±2.52

Estradiol/(pg·mL−1)

155.8±95.7

25-hydroxyvitamin D/(ng·mL−1)

33.0±8.0

PTH/(pg·mL−1)

41.1±24.2

BAP/(U·L−1)

28.2±11.2

NTX/(nmol·L−1)

18.8±9.9

  1. BMD, bone mineral density; BMI, body mass index; GDF11, growth differentiation factor 11; PTH, parathyroid hormone; BAP, bone alkaline phosphatase; NTX, cross-linked N-telopeptides of type I collagen.
  2. Values are presented as mean±s.d.
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