Table 2 Marginal means of NMR-based metabolic biomarkers in osteoporosis patients with and without incident fracture, divided by gender.

From: Lipid metabolites are associated with the risk of osteoporotic fractures

 

Male

Female

Osteoporosis without fracture N = 840

Osteoporosis with fracture N = 138

p value

Osteoporosis without fracture N = 4188

Osteoporosis with fracture N = 327

p value

Free Cholesterol in HDL

0.25 (0.22, 0.30)

0.25 (0.23, 0.30)

0.576

0.32 (0.27, 0.37)

0.32 (0.28, 0.38)

0.149

Total Lipids in HDL

2.69 (2.36, 3.12)

2.67 (2.41, 3.12)

0.510

3.23 (2.83, 3.66)

3.22 (2.86, 3.81)

0.199

Total Cholines

2.34 (2.06, 2.60)

2.38 (2.15, 2.65)

0.185

2.68 (2.43, 2.93)

2.69 (2.44, 2.98)

0.469

Sphingomyelins

0.41 (0.36, 0.45)

0.41(0.37, 0.46)

0.238

0.47 (0.42, 0.52)

0.47 (0.43, 0.52)

0.270

Degree of Unsaturation

1.33 (1.28, 1.39)

1.32 (1.27, 1.37)

0.118

1.39 (1.34, 1.44)

1.38 (1.33, 1.43)

0.280

Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids to Total Fatty Acids percentage

42.27 (38.86, 44.64)

41.32 (38.19, 44.05)

0.142

43.59 (41.17, 45.55)

43.29 (41.07, 45.23)

0.138

Histidine

0.06 (0.06, 0.07)

0.06 (0.06, 0.07)

0.400

0.06 (0.06, 0.07)

0.06 (0.06, 0.07)

0.114

3-Hydroxybutyrate

0.04 (0.03, 0.07)

0.05 (0.03, 0.08)

0.598

0.04 (0.03, 0.08)

0.05 (0.03, 0.09)

0.001

Acetone

0.01 (0.01, 0.02)

0.01 (0.01, 0.02)

0.408

0.01 (0.01, 0.02)

0.01 (0.01, 0.02)

0.003

Total Lipids in Medium HDL

0.93 (0.81, 1.08)

0.94 (0.82, 1.08)

0.352

1.10 (0.96, 1.24)

1.10 (0.97, 1.27)

0.268

Phospholipids in Medium HDL

0.44 (0.39, 0.51)

0.45 (0.40, 0.51)

0.293

0.51 (0.45, 0.58)

0.51 (0.458, 0.60)

0.273

Cholesteryl Esters in Large HDL

0.17 (0.11, 0.26)

0.16 (0.12, 0.24)

0.844

0.27 (0.19, 0.38)

0.28 (0.18, 0.39)

0.273

Triglycerides in Small LDL

0.01 (0.01, 0.02)

0.01 (0.01, 0.02)

0.470

0.01 (0.01, 0.02)

0.01 (0.01, 0.02)

0.558

Phospholipids in Very Large HDL

0.06 (0.04, 0.09)

0.06 (0.05, 0.08)

0.604

0.09 (0.07, 0.13)

0.09 (0.07, 0.13)

0.476

Concentration of Large HDL Particles

0.00 (0.00, 0.00)

0.00 (0.00, 0.00)

0.970

0.00 (0.00, 0.00)

0.00 (0.00, 0.00)

0.248