Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Affects the Development of Postmenopausal Osteoporotic Women with Vertebral Fractures

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the participants.

	PEMF	Control	value
	40	42
Age, years, mean (SD)	61.5 (2.1)	63.5 (1.2)	0.85
Height, mean (SD), cm	152.61 (1.9)	154.62 (2.8)	0.45
BMI, mean (SD), kg/m^2	23.5 (2.9)	23.4 (1.4)	0.25
Body weight, mean (SD), kg	61.5 (3.8)	62.3 (4.5)	0.31
Lumbar spine BMD, g/cm^2,	0.624 (0.0152)	0.694 (0.151)	0.25
Total hip BMD, g/cm^2,	0.534 (0.021)	0.554 (0.015)	0.21
-score total hip,	&-2.8 (0.4)	&-2.4 (0.1)	0.09
-score lumbar spine,	&-3.8 (0.2)	&-3.9 (0.3)	0.24

PEMF: pulsed electromagnetic field treatment group; BMI: body mass index; BMD: bone mineral density, values derived from mixed-effect models for longitudinal percent change from baseline with a fixed effect for treatment groups, time and adjustments for baseline measurements in an intention-to-treat analysis.