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Table 2 Characteristics according to quartiles of CRP

From: Inflammatory markers and bone health in postmenopausal women: a cross-sectional overview

Parameters

< 0.60 mg/L (n = 26)

0.61–1.0 mg/L (n = 17)

1.01–2.20 mg/L (n = 20)

> 2.21 mg/L (n = 20)

F-value

P-value

Age (years)

62.4(4.1)

64.5(6.4)

63.9(4.3)

63.1(3.9)

0.871

0.460

BMI (kg/m2)

23.3(3.4)

25.7(3.4)

27.6(2.6)

27.2(4.3)

7.489

< 0.001

WC (cm)

73.3(9.7)

80.6(12.0)

84.7(7.2)

83.0(11.3)

5.853

0.001

Waist to Hip ratio

0.77(0.07)

0.82(0.09)

0.84(0.06)

0.83(0.09)

4.150

0.009

Spine BMD

0.89(0.18)

0.91(0.14)

0.93(0.15)

0.94(0.16)

0.434

0.729

Spine T-score

−1.4(1.6)

−1.2(1.2)

−1.1(1.4)

−0.9(1.3)

0.533

0.661

Hip BMD

0.81(0.12)

0.86(0.12)

0.84(0.12)

0.85(0.08)

0.715

0.546

Hip T-score

−1.27(0.88)

−0.55(1.00)

−0.68(1.06)

− 0.73(0.67)

0.795

0.500

Android fat %

32.3(8.1)

35.0(8.6)

39.9(5.9)

39.3(8.2)

4.795

0.004

Gynoid fat %

40.7(7.3)

43.2(4.0)

44.6(3.6)

44.6(4.4)

2.881

0.041

Android:Gynoid ratio

0.79(0.13)

0.81(0.17)

0.90(0.12)

0.87(0.14)

2.737

0.049

Trunk fat %

32.8(7.1)

36.4(7.3)

40.4(4.2)

40.2(7.5)

6.778

< 0.001

Body fat %

36.9(6.9)

40.2(5.7)

42.9(2.9)

42.9(5.6)

6.072

0.001

TFM/TLM

0.6(0.2)

0.7(0.2)

0.8(0.1)

0.8(0.2)

7.094

0.001

Ferritin (μg/L)

134.0(118.9)

160.4(105.8)

130.5(89.5)

154.1(93.0)

0.398

0.755

25(OH)D3 (nmol/L)

83.6(24.8)

80.0(16.6)

75.1(23.6)

73.2(24.8)

0.955

0.418

  1. BMI Body mass index, WC Waist circumference, BMD Bone mineral density, TFM Total fat mass, TLM Total lean mass, CRP C-reactive protein. Variables are reported as mean values with their standard deviation (SD). Number of participants (n). Significant values are in bold text