Evaluation of Relationships between Menopause Onset Age and Bone Mineral Density and Muscle Strength in Women from South-Western Poland

Table 5

Detailed comparisons of means by LSD test (significance of differences in bold p <0.05).

Menopause	Early versus late			Early		Late
Age [yrs]; Variable	50-59	60-69	70-79	50 versus 60	60 versus 70	50 versus 60	60 versus 70
Hand grip	0.7113	0.4412	0.1375	0.0011	0.1804	0.0026	0.0004
Arm curl	0.0064	0.0001	0.5046	0.3075	0.1329	0.1591	0.0000
30-second chair stand	0.0275	0.0869	0.8603	0.2297	0.0025	0.0116	0.0001
Knee extensor muscle strength	0.0062	0.4217	0.1873	0.6185	0.0030	0.0287	0.0000
Knee flexor muscles strength	0.3634	0.6328	0.9874	0.5312	0.0006	0.8964	0.0003
BMD	0.0463	0.1155	0.4497	0.0001	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000
T – Ratio [%]	0.0316	0.0683	0.5039	0.0001	0.0001	0.0000	0.0000
Z – Ratio [%]	0.0466	0.0819	0.5279	0.0042	0.0006	0.0001	0.0000
Height	0.6216	0.8114	0.0140	0.0029	0.0374	0.0000	0.0000
Weigth	0.0858	0.2375	0.0197	0.2077	0.1471	0.0936	0.2270
BMI	0.1189	0.2221	0.6203	0.0080	0.5294	0.8598	0.4016