Table 6 Patients’ characteristics according to osteoporosis diagnosis.

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

Total(n = 102)

Osteoporosis

p-value

No (n = 34)

Yes (n = 68)

Patients’ characteristics

   

Age(years), mean ± SD

59.41 ± 6.01

63.88 ± 7.45

0.003

Menarche age(years), mean ± SD

14.26 ± 1.33

15.41 ± 1.79

0.001

< 14(years), n(%)

11(32.35%)

10(14.71%)

0.020

14–16(years), n(%)

17(50.00%)

29(42.65%)

≥ 16 (years), n(%)

6(17.65%)

29(42.65%)

Menopause age (years), mean ± SD

50.44 ± 2.56

49.28 ± 2.66

0.038

Menopause duration (years), mean ± SD

8.97 ± 5.89

14.60 ± 8.02

< 0.001

≤ 5 (years), n(%)

12(35.29%)

10(14.71%)

0.017

≤ 10(years), n(%)

9(26.47%)

13(19.12%)

> 10(years), n(%)

13(38.24%)

45(66.18%)

Number of pregnancies

   

1, n(%)

6 (17.65)

6 (8.82)

0.002

2, n(%)

16 (47.06)

14 (20.59)

3, n(%)

10 (29.41)

23 (33.82)

≥ 4, n(%)

2 (5.88)

25 (36.76)

Parity

   

1, n(%)

25 (73.53)

30 (44.12)

0.015

2, n(%)

7 (20.59)

24 (35.29)

≥ 3, n(%)

2 (5.88)

14 (20.59)

DXA measurements

   

FM (kg), mean ± SD

19.05 ± 4.34

18.47 ± 5.08

0.569

LM (kg), mean ± SD

35.99 ± 3.76

32.88 ± 4.07

< 0.001

ASM (kg), mean ± SD

15.33 ± 1.92

14.02 ± 1.95

0.002

ALM (kg), mean ± SD

2.49 ± 0.34

2.32 ± 0.33

0.020

GLM (kg), mean ± SD

5.34 ± 0.63

4.80 ± 0.59

< 0.001

Physical performance

   

Hand grip (kg), mean ± SD

23.83 ± 5.33

21.71 ± 4.39

0.035

time taken for 5 sit-ups (s), mean ± SD

10.54 ± 2.32

13.00 ± 3.16

< 0.001

6-meter gait speed (m/s), mean ± SD

1.23 ± 0.31

1.10 ± 0.26

0.020

SARC-CALF

  

0.001

< 11, n(%)

27 (79.41)

31 (45.59)

≥ 11, n(%)

7 (20.59)

37 (54.41)

Sarcopenia

  

0.553

No, n(%)

30 (88.24)

57 (83.82)

Yes, n(%)

4 (11.76)

11 (16.18)

  1. Lean Mass (LM); Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Mass (ASM); Android Lean Muscle Mass (ALM); Gynoid Lean Muscle Mass (GLM); Fat Mass (FM).