Table 2 Comparison between patients with and without vertebral fractures (VFs) according to the Genant semiquantitative classification
From: Hypovitaminosis D and prevalent asymptomatic vertebral fractures in Moroccan postmenopausal women
|  | Patients without VFsN = 81 | Patients with grade 1 VFsN = 62 | Patients withgrade 2 and 3 VFs N = 35 | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) : m (SD) | 54.5 (5.7) | 60.6 (7.9) | 66.0 (7.7) | 0.0001 |
Weight (Kg) : m (SD) | 74.6 (12.6) | 76.2 (14.5) | 68.2 (12.3) | 0.017 |
Height (m) : m (SD) | 157.6 (5.9) | 156.3 (5.9) | 155.1 (6.3) | NS |
BMI (Kg/m²): m (SD) | 30.1 (5.7) | 31.1 (5.4) | 28.3 (5.0) | NS |
History of fracture: n (%) | 14 (17.3) | 12 (19.4) | 9 (25.7) | NS |
Menopause duration (years) : m (SD) | 6.8 (5.6) | 12.1 (9.0) | 18.4 (10.7) | 0.0001 |
Number of parities: m (SD) | 4.3 (2.3) | 5.3 (2.1) | 5.8 (2.8) | 0.005 |
Vitamin D (ng/l) : m (SD) | 18.7 (12.8) | 17.5 (9.7) | 6.2 (7.2) | 0.0001 |
Vitamin D insufficiency: n(%) | 63 (77.8) | 56 (90.3) | 35 (100) | 0.001 |
Total hip BMD (g/cm²): m (SD) | 0.910 (0.17) | 0.792 (0.12) | 0.786 (0.11) | 0.001 |
T-score total hip (SD) : m (SD) | −0.8 (1.2) | −1.3 (1.2) | −1.9 (0.9) | 0.0001 |
Lumbar spine BMD (g/cm²): m (SD) | 1.131 (0.19) | 0.980 (0.15) | 0.912 (0.10) | 0.007 |
T-score lumbar spine (SD) : m (SD) | −1.1 (1.2) | −1.4 (1.2) | −1.9 (0.8) | 0.006 |