. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2005 Sep 13.

Published in final edited form as: J Bone Miner Res. 2004 Dec 20;20(5):748–757. doi: 10.1359/JBMR.041224

Table 2.

Pearson Correlation Coefficients for Adjusted Phenotypes Using the BMI Ratio Method

Phenotypes	BMI (kg/m²)	Body weight (g)	Body length (cm)	Gastrocnemius mass (mg)	Tibialis anterior (L) mass (mg)
Body weight (g)	0.85	1
Body length (cm)	0.20	0.68	1
Gastrocnemius mass (mg)	−0.45	−0.21	0.24	1
Tibialis anterior mass (L) (mg)	−0.95	−0.75	−0.06	0.58	1
Tibia length (mm)	−0.97	−0.77	−0.10	0.50	0.96
Femur length (mm)	−0.96	−0.75	−0.06	0.53	0.95
Femur ultimate load (N)	−0.56	−0.36	0.10	0.45	0.61
Femur stiffness (L) (N/mm)	−0.90	−0.71	−0.07	0.45	0.89
Femur ash (S) (g)	−0.84	−0.60	0.04	0.52	0.87
Tibia stiffness (L) (N/mm)	−0.85	−0.66	−0.06	0.45	0.86

Correlations showing significance at the p < 0.01 level are in gray and at the p < 0.05 are bold. Transformed phenotypes are indicated with an (L) for a log or (S) for a square root transformation.