Table 2.

Correlations between trochanteric soft tissue thickness and related variables

	Trochanteric soft tissue thickness (mm)
	Pearson	P value
Age (yr)	−0.16	0.006
Average height (cm)	0.06	0.3
Weight (kg)	0.66	<0.0001
BMI (kg/m2)	0.75	<0.0001
Total body fat (kg)	0.75	<0.0001
Total body lean (kg)	0.43	<0.0001
Total % fat	0.65	<0.0001
Leg fat mass (kg)	0.81	<0.0001
Leg lean mass (kg)	0.43	<0.0001
Leg % fat	0.69	<0.0001
Total hip aBMD (g/cm2)	0.23	<0.0001
Femoral neck aBMD (g/cm2)	0.22	0.0002
Trochanteric aBMD (g/cm2)	0.14	0.02
Estimated femoral strength (N)	0.13	0.02
Peak fall force (N)	0.58	<0.0001
Attenuated fall force (N)	−0.56	<0.0001
Factor-of-risk, peak	0.04	0.48
Factor-of-risk, attenuated	−0.30	<0.0001