Table 6.

Coefficients of correlation between PTH peptides, BS-AP, vitamin D doses, and histomorphometric parameters of bone^a

	iPTH	CAP	BS-AP	Vitamin D Dose	Cumulative Vitamin D Dose
BV/TV	0.34b	0.30b	0.12	0.06	0.12
OV/BV	0.44c	0.36	0.56c	−0.23	−0.06
OS/BS	0.45c	0.35b	0.48c	−0.19	−0.02
O.Th	0.43c	0.39b	0.55c	−0.17	−0.01
NOb/BPm	0.49c	0.47c	0.43c	−0.19	−0.08
ES/BS	0.53c	0.44c	0.60c	0.01	0.18
E.De	0.50c	0.43c	0.50c	−0.03	0.05
NOc/BPm	0.60c	0.51c	0.50c	0.03	0.13
FbS/BS	0.55c	0.50c	0.54c	−0.01	0.09
MARd	0.64c	0.54c	0.30	−0.32	−0.18
BFR/BS	0.60c	0.54c	0.49c	0.21	0.12
MLt	−0.09	−0.11	0.10	−0.37b	−0.32
Ac.f	0.50c	0.50c	0.39b	0.09	0.10

^aBV/TV, bone volume/tissue volume; OV/BV, osteoid volume/bone volume; OS/BS, osteoid surface/bone surface; O.Th, osteoid thickness; NOb/BPm, number of osteoblasts/bone perimeter; ES/BS, erosion surface/bone surface; E.De, erosion depth; NOc/BPm, number of osteoclasts/bone perimeter; FbS/BS, fibrosis surface/bone surface; MARd, mineral apposition rate/d; BFR/BS, bone formation rate/bone surface; MLt, mineralization lag time; Ac.f, activation frequency.

^bP < 0.05.

^cP < 0.01.