Table 2 Main characteristics of OA, OP and CTRL patients
From: Bone Morphogenetic Proteins and myostatin pathways: key mediator of human sarcopenia
OA | OP | CTRL | T test | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
(Mann–Whitney test) | ||||
Age | 71.00 ± 4.01 | 73.00 ± 3.20 | 44.23 ± 2.77 | OP vs OA ns (P = 0.11); OP vs CTRL *** (P < 0.001); OA vs CTRL *** (P < 0.001) |
BMI (kg/m2) | 26.59 ± 0.78 | 25,61 ± 1.13 | – | ns (P = 0.4467) |
T score (L1–L4) | −0.71 ± 0.4 | −2.85 ± 0.15 | 0.95 ± 0.01 | OA vs OP *** (P < 0.0001) |
T score (neck) | −0.64 ± 0.11 | −2.77 ± 0.19 | 0.19 ± 0.05 | *** (P = 0.0005) |