Table 4 Partial correlation analysis between structural measures and clinical measures, where bold indicates significant results.

	AGA	PGA	Swollen	Tender	Pain	EMS	HAQ	ESR	DAS28
Women
DXR‐BMD
r	−0.057	−0.017	−0.106	−0.061	−0.033	−0.029	−0.218	+0.073	−0.126
p Value	0.495	0.840	0.197	0.457	0.694	0.763	0.008	0.460	0.201
DXR‐MCI
r	−0.031	+0.002	−0.051	−0.002	−0.028	−0.047	−0.170	+0.048	−0.064
p Value	0.712	0.982	0.536	0.981	0.732	0.628	0.039	0.626	0.515
DXR‐CT
r	−0.040	−0.005	−0.088	−0.035	−0.025	−0.021	−0.193	+0.072	−0.095
p Value	0.629	0.951	0.286	0.668	0.766	0.827	0.018	0.464	0.333
Sharp score
r	+0.212	+0.143	+0.170	+0.190	+0.166	−0.050	+0.298	+0.100	+0.246
p Value	0.010	0.083	0.038	0.020	0.043	0.607	<0.005	0.311	0.011
Men
DXR‐BMD	−0.292	−0.296	+0.000	−0.214	−0.277	−0.215	−0.348	−0.024	−0.167
r	0.030	0.030	0.999	0.116	0.041	0.162	0.009	0.880	0.290
p Value
DXR‐MCI
r	−0.211	−0.150	+0.109	−0.038	−0.223	−0.246	−0.265	−0.039	−0.045
p Value	0.121	0.279	0.428	0.782	0.102	0.108	0.051	0.806	0.776
DXR‐CT
r	−0.272	−0.266	+0.045	−0.163	−0.254	−0.238	−0.332	−0.038	−0.145
	0.044	0.052	0.747	0.235	0.061	0.119	0.013	0.811	0.361
Sharp score
r	+0.242	+0.229	+0.225	+0.175	+0.176	+0.020	+0.261	+0.186	+0.233
p Value	0.076	0.096	0.099	0.201	0.199	0.554	0.054	0.239	0.138

Age at x ray and weight were used as controlling variables.