Table 3 The univariate analysis of variance between categorical variables and both BMD and body composition, with bonferroni correction employed as a post-hoc test for between-group mean comparisons.

From: Gynoid lean muscle mass as mediator between menarche age, hand grip and bone mineral density in postmenopausal women

Variables

Spine BMD

Hip BMD

Total body

BMD

LM

ASM

ALM

GLM

FM

mean ± SD

p-value

mean ± SD

p-value

mean ± SD

p

mean ± SD

p-value

mean ± SD

p-value

mean ± SD

p-value

mean ± SD

p-value

mean ± SD

p-value

Number of pregnancies

 

0.003

 

0.093

 

0.032

 

0.065

 

0.053

 

0.129

 

0.065

 

0.192

1

0.91 ± 0.16

 

0.82 ± 0.19

 

0.96 ± 0.10

 

36.51 ± 4.07

 

15.80 ± 2.12

 

2.52 ± 0.47

 

5.38 ± 0.72

 

21.37 ± 5.57

 

2

0.87 ± 0.13

 

0.80 ± 0.11

 

0.94 ± 0.10

 

33.92 ± 4.09

 

14.48 ± 2.00

 

2.33 ± 0.29

 

5.03 ± 0.67

 

18.30 ± 3.79

 

3

0.81 ± 0.14

 

0.75 ± 0.12

 

0.88 ± 0.11

 

32.76 ± 4.63

 

13.92 ± 2.18

 

2.30 ± 0.33

 

4.80 ± 0.66

 

17.92 ± 5.24

 

≥ 4

0.76 ± 0.12

 

0.74 ± 0.10

 

0.89 ± 0.08

 

34.18 ± 3.49

 

14.49 ± 1.61

 

2.45 ± 0.32

 

4.98 ± 0.54

 

18.77 ± 4.86

 

Parity

 

0.007

 

0.048

 

0.025

 

0.474

 

0.696

 

0.653

 

0.420

 

0.894

1

0.87 ± 0.15

 

0.79 ± 0.14

 

0.94 ± 0.10

 

34.14 ± 4.68

 

14.56 ± 2.25

 

2.36 ± 0.38

 

5.05 ± 0.72

 

18.83 ± 4.62

 

2

0.79 ± 0.13

 

0.73 ± 0.09

 

0.88 ± 0.09

 

33.18 ± 3.83

 

14.20 ± 1.87

 

2.37 ± 0.29

 

4.86 ± 0.63

 

18.61 ± 4.94

 

≥ 3

0.76 ± 0.11

 

0.74 ± 0.13

 

0.88 ± 0.10

 

34.60 ± 3.11

 

14.60 ± 1.51

 

2.45 ± 0.24

 

5.00 ± 0.41

 

18.18 ± 5.58

 

SARC-CalF

 

0.000

 

0.009

 

0.000

 

0.000

 

0.000

 

0.001

 

0.000

 

0.001

<11

0.87 ± 0.14

 

0.79 ± 0.13

 

0.95 ± 0.10

 

35.68 ± 3.57

 

15.31 ± 1.67

 

2.47 ± 0.34

 

5.24 ± 0.59

 

19.98 ± 4.58

 

≥ 11

0.77 ± 0.12

 

0.73 ± 0.11

 

0.86 ± 0.08

 

31.59 ± 3.89

 

13.33 ± 1.91

 

2.25 ± 0.29

 

4.65 ± 0.58

 

16.93 ± 4.65

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