Table 3 Age-adjusted characteristics of bone health at various sites by aged 50 years or older in women.

From: Young cancer survivors have lower bone mineral density compared with healthy controls: a nationwide population-based study in Korea

 

Young (<50 years)

Old (≥50 years)

Cancer survivors

(n = 76)

Healthy comparison

(n = 380)

p-value

Cancer survivors

(n = 84)

Healthy comparison

(n = 420)

p-value

Femur neck BMD (g/cm2)

0.74 ± 0.01

0.75 ± 0.01

0.452

0.66 ± 0.01

0.66 ± 0.01

0.653

Total femur BMD (g/cm2)

0.89 ± 0.01

0.90 ± 0.01

0.530

0.80 ± 0.01

0.81 ± 0.01

0.248

Lumbar spine BMD (g/cm2)

0.95 ± 0.02

0.98 ± 0.01

0.015

0.81 ± 0.02

0.83 ± 0.01

0.306

Femur neck T-score

−0.56 ± 0.12

−0.46 ± 0.05

0.461

−1.37 ± 0.10

−1.32 ± 0.05

0.653

Total femur T-score

0.34 ± 0.12

0.40 ± 0.06

0.656

−0.48 ± 0.11

−0.34 ± 0.05

0.248

Lumbar spine T-score

−0.53 ± 0.13

−0.20 ± 0.06

0.015

−1.72 ± 0.14

−1.56 ± 0.07

0.306

  1. Numbers were showed as absolute numbers before the weighting. Data were expressed as the estimated means ± standard error. The t-test was used for comparing two groups of continuous data. A p- value of less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.
  2. Abbreviations: BMD, bone mineral density.
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