Table 3:

Pairwise correlation between 12-month changes of biomechanical CT parameters and 12-month changes in body composition in the entire cohort

	12-month change
	Vertebral Body Strength		Vertebral Bending stiffness		Average vertebral BMD		Trabecular vertebral BMD		Cortical vertebral BMD
12-month change	R	p	R	p	R	p	R	p	R	p
BMI	0.347 (0.099, 0.554)	0.01	0.329 (0.079, 0.539)	0.01	0.334 (0.085, 0.543)	0.001	0.482 (0.259, 0.658)	<0.001	−0.089 (−0.338, 0.171)	0.50
VAT	0.315 (0.049, 0.539)	0.02	0.249 (−0.022, 0.487)	0.07	0.322 (0.057, 0.545)	0.02	0.397 (0.142, 0.603)	0.003	0.048 (−0.2255, 0.314)	0.73
SAT	0.231 (−0.042, 0.472)	0.10	0.260 (−0.011, 0.495)	0.06	0.211 (−0.063, 0.456)	0.13	0.368 (0.109, 0.581)	0.007	−0.191 (−0.439, 0.084)	0.17
Thigh Muscle	0.327 (0.063, 0.549)	0.02	0.327 (0.062, 0.549)	0.02	0.294 (0.026, 0.523)	0.03	0.423 (0.173, 0.622)	0.001	−0.083 (−0.345, 0.192)	0.56

Note. Data in parentheses are 95 % CI.

VAT = Visceral Adipose Tissue; SAT = Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue.