Table 2 BMD of subjects from LOS, KCOS and OOS (mean ± SD).

From: Geographical differences in osteoporosis, obesity, and sarcopenia related traits in white American cohorts

Gender

Traits

LOS

KCOS

OOS

Pa

η2b

Female

Sample Size

3,977

2,066

1,033

  

HIP (g/cm2)

0.92 ± 0.14

0.95 ± 0.14

0.87 ± 0.15

<0.01

0.001

FNK (g/cm2)

0.75 ± 0.13

0.79 ± 0.13

0.72 ± 0.13

NS

0.001

SPN (g/cm2)

0.99 ± 0.15

1.02 ± 0.14

0.96 ± 0.17

NS

<0.001

Male

Sample Size

1,962

1,431

846

  

HIP (g/cm2)

1.01 ± 0.14

1.02 ± 0.14

1.01 ± 0.14

<0.01

0.002

FNK (g/cm2)

0.82 ± 0.14

0.86 ± 0.14

0.8 ± 0.13

NS

0.001

SPN (g/cm2)

1.05 ± 0.16

1.06 ± 0.14

1.07 ± 0.18

NS

<0.001

  1. Note:
  2. aNS stands for not significant, p > 0.05.
  3. bη2 is eta-squared effect size of ANOVA. In the study, we consider an effect size larger than 0.01 as significant.
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