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. 2007 Oct 8;23(2):189–198. doi: 10.1359/JBMR.071016

Table 2.

Multiple Linear Regression Results*: Narrow Neck

Outcomes and covariates Base model
Model II
Model III
Percent difference (95% CI) p Percent difference (95% CI) p Percent difference (95% CI) p
BMD (g/cm2)
 Fat mass, 10 kg −1.0 (−2.6, 0.6) 0.21
 Lean mass, 10 kg 7.9 (6.0, 9.7) <0.001 8.7 (6.3, 11.0) <0.001
 Race/ethnicity, age = 50 yr <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
  Black 11.2 (8.5, 13.9) 9.0 (6.3, 11.7) 8.6 (5.8, 11.4)
  Hispanic 5.1 (2.2, 8.1) 4.8 (2.2, 7.4) 4.6 (2.0, 7.2)
  White Ref Ref Ref
 Age, 10 yr <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
  Black −3.1 (−4.9, −1.2) −2.7 (−4.3, −1.0) −2.5 (−4.2, −0.9)
  Hispanic −5.1 (−6.5, −3.7) −4.5 (−5.9, −3.1) −4.4 (−5.8, −3.0)
  White −2.1 (−3.5, −0.8) −1.7 (−2.9, −0.4) −1.6 (−2.8, −0.3)
  Height (cm) 0.4 (0.2, 0.6) <0.001 −0.04 (−0.2, 0.1) 0.63 −0.1 (−0.2, 0.1) 0.47
  PASE, 100 units 1.7 (0.7, 2.8) 0.002 1.6 (0.5, 2.6) 0.003 1.4 (0.4, 2.5) 0.01
CSA (cm2)
 Fat mass, 10 kg −2.7 (−4.2, −1.1) 0.001
 Lean mass, 10 kg 10.2 (8.2, 12.3) <0.001 12.2 (9.8, 14.7) <0.001
 Race/ethnicity, age = 50 yr <0.001 <0.001 0.001
  Black 8.5 (5.8, 11.2) 6.0 (3.4, 8.5) 5.0 (2.3, 7.6)
  Hispanic 2.5 (0.5, 5.5) 2.1 (−0.4, 4.5) 1.5 (−0.9, 4.0)
  White Ref ref Ref
 Age, 10 yr <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
  Black −2.4 (−4.2, −0.6) −1.8 (−3.2, −0.3) −1.4 (−2.8, 0.1)
  Hispanic −4.3 (−5.7, −2.8) −3.5 (−4.8, −2.3) −3.3 (−4.6, −2.0)
  White −1.9 (−3.4, −0.5) −1.3 (−2.6, −0.03) −1.0 (−2.3, 0.2)
  Height (cm) 0.8 (0.6, 1.0) <0.001 0.2 (−0.003, 0.4) 0.05 0.1 (−0.1, 0.3) 0.18
  PASE, 100 units 1.4 (0.2, 2.6) 0.02 1.2 (0.1, 2.3) 0.04 0.9 (−0.2, 2.0) 0.13
Z (cm3)
 Fat mass, 10 kg −4.6 (−6.6, −2.6) <0.001
 Lean mass, 10 kg 11.4 (8.8, 14.0) <0.001 14.9 (11.7, 18.1) <0.001
 Race/ethnicity, age = 50 yr 0.001 0.07 0.29
  Black 6.3 (2.8, 9.8) 3.6 (0.2, 6.9) 1.8 (−1.6, 5.3)
  Hispanic 0.6 (−3.0, 4.2) 0.1 (−3.0, 3.3) −0.8 (−3.9, 2.3)
  White Ref ref ref
 Age, 10 yr 0.02 0.06 0.19
  Black −1.6 (−3.7, 0.5) −0.8 (−2.6, 0.9) −0.2 (−1.9, 1.6)
  Hispanic −3.2 (−5.5, −1.0) −2.4 (−4.2, −0.7) −2.0 (−3.8, −0.2)
  White −0.7 (−2.5, 1.2) 0.02 (−1.7, 1.7) 0.5 (−1.2, 2.2)
  Height (cm) 1.1 (0.9, 1.4) <0.001 0.5 (0.2, 0.8) <0.001 0.4 (0.1, 0.7) 0.01
  PASE, 100 units 1.6 (−0.1, 3.4) 0.07 1.4 (−0.3, 3.1) 0.10 0.9 (−0.8, 2.6) 0.31
ABR
 Fat mass, 10 kg −1.3 (−3.6, 1.0) 0.26
 Lean mass, 10 kg −6.1 (−8.7, −3.5) <0.001 −5.1 (−8.6, −1.6) 0.005
 Race/ethnicity, age = 50 yr <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
  Black −15.0 (−19.0, −11.1) −13.1 (−17.2, −9.1) −13.6 (−17.8, −9.4)
  Hispanic −10.3 (−14.6, −6.1) −10.2 (−14.3, −6.1) −10.4 (−14.6, −6.3)
  White Ref ref ref
 Age, 10 yr <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
  Black 4.3 (2.4, 6.1) 4.0 (2.1, 5.9) 4.2 (2.3, 6.1)
  Hispanic 6.0 (3.9, 8.0) 5.5 (3.4, 7.5) 5.6 (3.5, 7.7)
  White 3.7 (1.6, 5.7) 3.3 (1.2, 5.4) 3.5 (1.4, 5.6)
  Height (cm) 0.004 (−0.2, 0.2) 0.97 0.3 (0.1, 0.6) 0.02 0.3 (0.02, 0.6) 0.04
  PASE, 100 units −2.5 (−3.9, −1.0) 0.001 −2.3 (−3.8, −0.9) 0.002 −2.5 (−4.0, −1.0) 0.001

*Point estimates and CIs reflect percentage differences in indices of bone strength. Percentages are derived by dividing regression effects by the global mean of the relevant parameters, as in Fig. 2. Models allow both geometry parameters and their cross-sectional age trends to differ by race/ethnicity. Moving from left to right, changes in the magnitude and significance of effects reflect the impact of controlling for lean (model II), and for fat and lean (model III), mass in successive models.