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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study subjects who did not develop an incident bone marrow lesion compared with those who did

From: Total cholesterol and triglycerides are associated with the development of new bone marrow lesions in asymptomatic middle-aged women - a prospective cohort study

 

No incident BML

n = 115

Incident BML

n = 11

Pvalue

Age, years

52.3 (6.80)a

54.7 (4.98)a

0.31b

Body mass index, kg/m2

26.9 (5.42)b

28.9 (5.14)a

0.23b

Total cholesterol, mmol/Lc

5.71 (3.7-8.3)b

6.45 (4.8-9.1)b

0.04b

Triglycerides, mmol/Ld

1.0 (0.5-2.9)e

1.4 (0.8-3.8)e

0.01f

HDL, mmol/Lc

1.5 (0.5-2.6)e

1.3 (0.9-2.6)e

0.52f

LDL, mmol/Lc

3.6 (1.8-5.8)e

3.87 (3.2-6.3)e

0.19f

Total/HDL ratio

3.8 (2.0-7.4)a

5.3 (2.5-8.3)a

0.13b

  1. aMean (standard deviation or range). bIndependent samples t test. cTo convert from mmol/L to mg/dL, divide by 0.0259. dTo convert from mmol/L to mg/dL, divide by 0.0113. eMedian (range). fMann-Whitney U test. BML, bone marrow lesion; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein.
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