Association between phosphorus intake and bone health in the NHANES population

Nutrition Journal

Table 4 Femur Bone mineral density (BMD) according to P intake quartiles

Gender	LSM	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	P trend
13-19 yr, All	1.000±0.003	0.990±0.01	0.999±0.006	1.003±0.005	1.009±0.008	NS
13-19 yr, Male	1.038±0.005^a	1.027±0.02	1.039±0.013	1.048±0.008	1.035±0.010	NS
13-19 yr, Female	0.959±0.004^b	0.945±0.011	0.963±0.006	0.956±0.011	0.993±0.021	NS
20-49 yr, All	1.014±0.002	0.999±0.006	1.016±0.004	1.017±0.005	1.023±0.006	<0.05
20-49 yr, Male	1.062±0.004^a	1.058±0.012	1.058±0.006	1.056±0.006	1.069±0.008	NS
20-49 yr, Female	0.964±0.003 ^b	0.948±0.007	0.970±0.005	0.977±0.007	0.971±0.010	<0.05
50-99 yr, All	0.924±0.002	0.919±0.006	0.923±0.005	0.927±0.004	0.926±0.007	NS
50-99 yr, Male	1.001±0.004^a	0.996±0.009	1.005±0.009	1.004±0.006	0.998±0.008	NS
50-99 yr, Female	0.853±0.003^b	0.858±0.008	0.849±0.006	0.852±0.006	0.852±0.011	NS
20-99 yr, All	0.976±0.002	0.966±0.005	0.973±0.004	0.977±0.004	0.986±0.004	<0.05
20-99 yr, Male	1.037±0.003^a	1.034±0.008	1.036±0.005	1.029±0.004	1.044±0.005	NS
20-99 yr, Female	0.915±0.002^b	0.909±0.005	0.912±0.004	0.922±0.005	0.924±0.008	NS
Comparison of ethnicity; 20–99 yr, All (males and females combined)
Hispanic	0.997±0.003^t,z	0.986±0.007	1.002±0.007	1.002±0.004	0.997±0.007	NS
White	0.964±0.002^t,x	0.946±0.006	0.958±0.004	0.967±0.004	0.976±0.004	<0.01
Black	1.048±0.004^y	1.041±0.008	1.043±0.005	1.054±0.007	0.968±0.010	NS
Other	0.944±0.005^z	0.932±0.016	0.955±0.012	0.926±0.010	0.968±0.022	NS

Femur BMDs were calculated for each quartile after adjustments for age, gender, kcal, BMI, intakes of calcium, protein, total dairy foods, and vitamin D, and flags to denote supplemental calcium, supplemental vitamin D, supplemental multi vitamin/mineral and a flag to denote prescription medication for osteoporosis and estrogen medication (females only).
^a,bDifferent superscripts indicate statistically significantly different LSM values between males and females or among different ethnic groups.
^{t, x, y, z}Different superscripts indicate statistically significantly different LSM values in 4 ethnic groups.

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