Table 1 Baseline characteristics according to stratum and analysis cohort.

From: Off-treatment bone mineral density changes in postmenopausal women receiving anastrozole for 5 years: 7-year results from the IBIS-II prevention trial

 

No risedronate (primary analysis cohort)

Risedronate (secondary analysis cohort)

Stratum I (N = 404)

Stratum II (N = 105)

P value

Stratum II (N = 108)

Stratum III (N = 80)

P value

Age, median (IQR)

58.6 (54.8–62.2)

60.1 (57.2–64.1)

<0.001

59.7 (55.3–64.8)

61.6 (57.2–64.3)

0.15

BMI (kg/m2), median (IQR)

28.5 (25.4–32.6)

26.2 (23.8–30.1)

0.003

25.8 (23.7–29.3)

25.6 (23.4–28.3)

0.61

Previous HRT use (%)

200 (48.7%)

54 (46.2%)

0.63

57 (52.8%)

35 (43.8%)

0.22

Never smokers (%)

227 (55.2%)

74 (63.3%)

0.31

64 (59.3%)

49 (61.3%)

0.38

Hysterectomy (%)

135 (32.9%)

38 (32.5%)

0.94

29 (26.9%)

25 (31.3%)

0.51

Oophorectomy (%)

59 (14.4%)

16 (13.7%)

0.85

20 (18.5%)

6 (7.5%)

0.03

Lowest T-score, median (IQR)

−0.37 (−0.87 to 0.22)

−1.52 (−1.94 to −1.20)

<0.001

−1.63 (−2.02 to −1.23)

−2.75 (−3.0 to −2.5)

<0.001