Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the participants.

From: Associations between gut microbiota and osteoporosis or osteopenia in a cohort of Chinese Han youth

BMD groups characteristics

BDH(n = 8)

BDM(n = 23)

BDL(n = 31)

P

Malea

3(37.50)

13(56.52)

12(38.71)

0.130

Femalea

5(62.50)

10(43.48)

19(61.29)

0.526

Height cmb

167.07 ± 9.25

167.32 ± 9.57

167.22 ± 9.47

0.380

Weight kgb

60.31 ± 12.37

60.72 ± 12.20

60.31 ± 12.00

0.532

BMI/(kgm2)b

21.42 ± 2.64

21.50 ± 2.54

21.38 ± 2.47

0.350

WHRb

0.827 ± 0.038

0.831 ± 0.039

0.830 ± 0.041

0.040*

T-scoreb

 − 2.13 ± 0.98

 − 2.29 ± 0.88

 − 2.24 ± 0.93

0.758

  1. One-way ANOVA or Chi-square test were used to determine significance.
  2. *P < 0.05; a: sex data are population (constituent ratio); b: height, weight, BMI, WHR and T-score values are mean ± SD.