Table 5 Increase of cathepsin K levels with the augmentation of the Larsen score
Larsen group | Larsen score | Cathepsin K | Kruskal–Wallis test | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | Minimum | Median | Maximum | Minimum | Median | Maximum | ||
< 18 | 32 | 0.0 | 7.5 | 17.0 | 0.0 | 26.5 | 3352.0 | |
≥ 19 and < 74 | 34 | 18.0 | 38.0 | 67.0 | 0.0 | 70.9 | 1721.6 | |
≥ 75 | 34 | 75.0 | 105.5 | 164.0 | 0.0 | 88.8 | 3453.2 | |
Total | 100 | 0.0 | 39.0 | 164.0 | 0.0 | 54.8 | 3453.2 | P = 0.035 |