. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 May 14.

Published in final edited form as: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Feb 13;92(5):1640–1646. doi: 10.1210/jc.2006-0572

Table 3.

The phenotypic correlation between obesity-related phenotypes and bone mass in 1,988 unrelated Chinese and 1,085 unrelated Caucasians, with bone mass unadjusted vs. adjusted for weight (in brackets)

Chinese
	Lumbar Spine BMD (g/cm²)	Femoral neck BMD (g/cm²)	Total Body BMC (kg)
Fat mass (kg)	0.09^ (−0.12^)	0.13^ (−0.12^)	0.16^ (−0.23^)
Lean mass (kg)	0.35^(0.15^)	0.38^(0.16^)	0.61^(0.29^)
Percentage fat mass (%)	0.02 (−0.16^**)	0.05^* (−0.15^**)	0.02 (−0.30^**)
BMI (kg/m²)	0.25^**	0.29^**	0.43^**
Weight (Kg)	0.32^**	0.34^**	0.57^**
Caucasians
	Lumbar Spine BMD (g/cm²)	Femoral neck BMD (g/cm²)	Total Body BMC (kg)
Fat mass (kg)	0.13^(−0.12^)	0.24^(−0.13^)	0.04(−0.48^**)
Lean mass (kg)	0.40^*(0.10^)	0.52^*(0.09^)	0.80^(0.36^)
Percentage fat mass (%)	−0.14^(−0.17^)	−0.12^(−0.18^)	−0.46^(−0.65^)
BMI (kg/m²)	0.24^**	0.36^**	0.25^**
Weight (Kg)	0.36^**	0.51^**	0.63^**

Note: p<0.05,

^**

p<0.01.

The values in brackets were the standardized regression coefficients when bone mass was adjusted for body weight