Reduced trabecular bone mineral density and cortical thickness accompanied by increased outer bone circumference in metacarpal bone of rheumatoid arthritis patients: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Subject anthropometric data (mean ± standard deviation)

Parameter	RA patients	Reference group	P-value
Number of subjects	50	100
Age (y)	55.3 ± 11.4	54.1 ± 12.9	0.481
Height (cm)	163.4 ± 6.2	165.0 ± 5.7	0.092
Weight (kg)	67.0 ± 13.8	63.6 ± 9.8	0.183
Forearm muscle CSA (cm²)	24.0 ± 4.0	25.3 ± 3.5	0.102
Lower leg muscle CSA (cm²)	58.1 ± 11.3	63.7 ± 10.6	0.014

P-values are indicated for two-sided Mann-Whitney-tests (significant P-values in bold). CSA stands for cross-sectional area.

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