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. 2008 Jun 10;93(8):3029–3036. doi: 10.1210/jc.2008-0170

Table 5.

Body composition and hormonal predictors of bone density measures for all subjects

BMI Fat mass Lean mass Testicular volume Testosterone FAI Estradiol PYY
Lumbar BMD 0.59a 0.22 0.79b 0.67a 0.72b 0.69b 0.44c −0.46c
Lumbar BMAD 0.54d 0.20 0.52d 0.65a 0.62a 0.64a 0.29 −0.34
Hip BMD 0.64b 0.24 0.68b 0.52d 0.58d 0.53d 0.40c −0.31
Femoral neck BMD 0.57a 0.15 0.58a 0.52d 0.54d 0.50d 0.41c −0.36c
Whole-body BMD 0.45d 0.16 0.68b 0.66a 0.47c 0.48d 0.32 −0.29
WB BMC/height 0.62a 0.27 0.81b 0.53d 0.60a 0.56d 0.45c −0.37
a

P < 0.001. 

b

P < 0.0001. 

c

P < 0.05. 

d

P < 0.01.