Table 3.

Pearson’s correlations between bone mineral density (BMD) and covariates in transgender people

	AFAB			AMAB
	Lumbar spine BMD	Total femur BMD	Femur neck BMD	Lumbar BMD	Total femur BMD	Femur neck BMD
Age	− 0.23	– 0.29*	– 0.37*	0.14	– 0.03	– 0.20
Smoke habit	0.01	– 0.02	0.06	0.08	0.22	0.25
BMI	0.28*	0.38**	0.28*	0.24	0.22	0.23
ASMMI	0.53*	0.45*	0.41*	0.14	– 0.08	0.01
FMI	0.39*	0.62**	0.62**	0.39*	0.51*	0.38
HGM	0.32	0.45*	0.54*	– 0.04	– 0.14	– 0.02
Vitamin D	0.05	0.06	0.07	0.09	0.07	0.02
Estradiol	0.07	– 0.09	– 0.11	0.31	0.30	0.35
Total testosterone	– 0.03	– 0.11	0.15	0.08	0.12	0.22
LH	– 0.10	0.12	– 0.11	– 0.23	– 0.10	– 0.11
FSH	0.13	0.12	0.10	0.16	0.05	– 0.04
MET—t work	0.04	0.28	0.37	0.44*	0.07	0.20
MET—Indoor	0.01	0.24	0.29	0.20	– 0.08	– 0.07
MET—Outdoor	– 0.01	0.06	0.18	0.29	0.26	0.10

The p values < 0.05 are shown in bold

AFAB assigned female at birth, AMAB assigned male at birth, BMI body mass index, BMD Bone Mineral Density, ASMMI appendicular skeletal muscle mass index, FMI fat mass index, HGM handgrip max strength, LH luteinizing hormone, FSH follicle-stimulating hormone

*p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001