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Table 2 QUS parameters grouped by sex, menstrual states and MS states

From: Association of calcaneal quantitative ultrasound parameters with metabolic syndrome in middle-aged and elderly Chinese: a large population-based cross-sectional study

 

With MS

Without MS

P value

   

Unadjusted

Model1

Model2

Model3

Males

BUA (dB/MHz)

75.92 ± 15.94

75.75 ± 16.73

0.788

0.831

0.957

0.962

SOS (m/s)

1539.56 ± 28.34

1540.89 ± 29.40

0.248

0.245

0.269

0.233

QUI/sti

91.37 ± 17.44

91.75 ± 18.47

0.593

0.579

0.559

0.492

BMD (g/cm2)

0.501 ± 0.111

0.503 ± 0.117

0.627

0.613

0.317

0.276

T-score

-0.953 ± 1.270

-0.926 ± 1.178

0.569

0.551

0.523

0.447

Premenopausal women

BUA (dB/MHz)

77.52 ± 15.50

79.35 ± 15.26

0.110

0.088

0.355

0.322

SOS (m/s)

1547.23 ± 26.37

1549.81 ± 28.55

0.198

0.154

0.610

0.585

QUI/sti

95.15 ± 16.57

96.86 ± 17.48

0.184

0.143

0.476

0.446

BMD (g/cm2)

0.526 ± 0.104

0.537 ± 0.109

0.163

0.117

0.485

0.453

T-score

-0.475 ± 1.062

-0.353 ± 1.095

0.133

0.095

0.392

0.364

Postmenopausal women

BUA (dB/MHz)

70.55 ± 16.88

71.38 ± 16.85

0.137

0.021*

0.851

0.825

SOS (m/s)

1531.68 ± 27.98

1533.68 ± 27.93

0.030*

0.081

0.295

0.299

QUI/sti

85.95 ± 17.74

87.00 ± 17.60

0.072

0.023*

0.474

0.489

BMD (g/cm2)

0.467 ± 0.113

0.474 ± 0.111

0.043*

0.041*

0.585

0.599

T-score

-1.030 ± 1.437

-0.987 ± 1.116

0.301

0.022*

0.370

0.385

  1. Model 1 is adjusted by age, Model 2 is adjusted by age + BMI + WC, Model 3 is adjusted by age + BMI + WC + daily exercise + current smoking + current alcohol consumption. BMI body max index; WC waist circumference; BUA broadband ultrasound attenuation; SOS speed of sound; QUI quantitative ultrasound index; BMD bone mineral density.
  2. *P < 0.05.
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