Table 4.

Unadjusted/Univariate-Adjusted/Multivariable-Adjusted Spearman Correlation Coefficients Between vBMD and Structural Parameters with Aortic Calcification per 2.5-mm CT Slice in Rochester, MN Women Combined and Stratified by Menopausal Status

	All women			Premenopausal			Postmenopausal
	U	A	A/B/C	U	A	A/B/C	U	A	A/B/C
vBMD
Vertebral trabecular	−0.54*	0.08	0.06	0.05	0.17	0.08	−0.35*	0.02	0.04
Femoral neck
Total	−0.45*	0.11†	0.08	0.06	0.20†	0.15	−0.23*	0.06	0.07
Trabecular	−0.47*	0.14‡	0.08	0.06	0.28‡	0.13	−0.28*	0.05	0.05
Cortical	−0.35*	0.05	0.08	−0.05	−0.01	0.09	−0.12	0.06	0.09
Microstructure
BV/TV	−0.12†	0.10	0.03	0.23†	0.29‡	0.16	−0.04	0.03	0.02
TbN (1/mm)	−0.08	0.17†	0.05	0.27‡	0.33*	0.03	−0.06	0.10	0.09
TbTh (mm)	−0.12†	0.04	0.03	0.18	0.23†	0.21†	−0.02	−0.01	−0.01
TbSp (mm)	0.10	−0.16†	−0.05	−0.26‡	−0.33*	−0.06	0.06	−0.09	−0.07

* p < 0.001.

^† p < 0.05.

^‡ p < 0.01.

U, unadjusted; A, age adjusted; A/B/C, age, BMI, cigarette smoking status (ever) adjusted.