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Table 1 Weighted characteristics of the study population

From: High-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Is Negatively Correlated with Bone Mineral Density and Has Potential Predictive Value for Bone Loss

Characteristics

Means or proportions

Age (years, mean ± SD)

41.74 ± 14.25

Sex, n (%)

 Male

4170 (56.93)

 Female

3085 (43.07)

Race/ethnicity, n (%)

 Mexican American

1429 (8.85)

 Other Hispanic

626 (4.71)

 Non-Hispanic White

3397 (69.43)

 Non-Hispanic Black

1445 (10.70)

 Other Race

358 (6.30)

Education level, n (%)

 Under high school

1913 (17.14)

 High school or equivalent

1662 (23.01)

 Above high school

3680 (59.85)

 Income to poverty ratio (mean ± SD)

3.10 ± 1.63

BMI, n (%)

 >=30

2008 (25.83)

 >=25, <30

2704 (36.50)

 <25

2543 (37.68)

Smoked at least 100 cigarettes in life, n (%)

 Yes

3394 (46.31)

 No

3861 (53.69)

Had at least 12 alcohol drinks past one year? n (%)

 Yes

5462 (79.20)

 No

1793 (20.80)

Hypertension, n (%)

 Yes

1844 (22.18)

 No

5411 (77.82)

Diabetes, n (%)

 Yes

564 (5.38)

 No

6590 (93.42)

 Borderline

101 (1.21)

ALT (U/L, mean ± SD)

26.48 ± 18.83

AST (U/L, mean ± SD)

25.75 ± 14.10

Total calcium (mg/dL, mean ± SD)

9.46 ± 0.35

Cholesterol (mg/dL, mean ± SD)

196.71 ± 40.39

C-reactive protein (mg/dL, mean ± SD)

0.33 ± 0.68

HDL-C (mg/dL, mean ± SD)

52.47 ± 15.94

Total femur BMD (g/cm2, mean ± SD)

1.00 ± 0.15

Femur neck BMD (g/cm2, mean ± SD)

0.86 ± 0.14

Trochanter BMD (g/cm2, mean ± SD)

0.75 ± 0.13

Intertrochanter BMD (g/cm2, mean ± SD)

1.17 ± 0.18

Total spine BMD (g/cm2, mean ± SD)

1.05 ± 0.14

L1 BMD (g/cm2, mean ± SD)

0.97 ± 0.14

L2 BMD (g/cm2, mean ± SD)

1.06 ± 0.15

L3 BMD (g/cm2, mean ± SD)

1.08 ± 0.15

L4 BMD (g/cm2, mean ± SD)

1.08 ± 0.14

  1. ALT alanine aminotransferase; AST aspartate aminotransferase; HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; BMI body mass index; SD standard deviation; n, numbers of subjects; %, weighted percentage