Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the donors

Variable

Distribution (n of donors)

Males/females

26/32

Age (18–45 years/46–65 years/ >65 years)

19/16/25

BMI (<25/25–29.9/≥30)

24/16/18

Bone marrow aspiration site (femur/tibia/pelvis)

25/27/6

Cigarette smoking (currently smoking/non-smoking)

21/37

Alcohol consumption ≥8g/day (yes/no)

37/21

Osteoporosis (yes/no)

22/36

Diabetes type 2 (yes/no)

10/48

hypertension (yes/no)

21/37

Number of medications (<3/3≤)

45/23

Vitamin D supplementation (yes/no)

20/46

Calcium supplementation (yes/no)

20/46

Variable

Average (range)

Weight (kg)

79.5 (44–130)

Height (cm)

170.4 (152–192)

Haemoglobin (mmol/l)

7.7 (5–9.6)

Leucocytes (cells/μl)

9.7 (5–17.6)

C-reactive protein - CRP (mg/l)

34.9 (0.6–244)

Fracture age (days)

79 (1–1095)