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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Bone Miner Res. 2007 Jan;22(1):101–109. doi: 10.1359/jbmr.060913

Table 2.

Regression Coefficients (β) With 95% CIs and p Value, for Regression Between TBLH and Upper and Lower Limb BMC (g), Area (cm2), Areal BMD (mg/cm2), Area-Adjusted BMC (g), and Total MVPA, as Well as Age of DXA Scan, Sex, and Socio-Economic Factors

Height
Height and lean mass
Height and lean and fat mass
β 95% CI p β 95% CI p β 95% CI p
TBLH BMC 4.02 −0.50 8.53 0.08 −0.47 −4.10 3.16 0.8 14.92 11.80 18.05 <0.001
Area −1.98 −5.23 1.26 0.2 −5.04 −7.72 −2.37 <0.001 7.82 5.65 9.98 <0.001
BMD 4.52 3.09 5.96 <0.001 3.26 2.04 4.48 <0.001 5.90 4.70 7.11 <0.001
aBMC 6.46 4.88 8.04 <0.001 5.74 4.22 7.25 <0.001 5.30 3.75 6.86 <0.001
Upper
Limb
BMC 0.55 −0.11 1.22 0.1 −0.13 −0.65 0.40 0.6 1.05 0.53 1.57 <0.001
Area 0.18 −0.49 0.86 0.6 −0.47 −1.02 0.08 0.09 0.81 0.27 1.34 0.003
BMD 1.86 0.74 2.99 0.001 0.94 −0.04 1.92 0.06 2.10 1.11 3.10 <0.001
aBMC 0.39 0.16 0.62 <0.001 0.29 0.06 0.51 0.01 0.34 0.11 0.56 0.003
Lower
Limb
BMC 3.53 1.39 5.67 0.001 1.39 −0.32 3.10 0.1 9.44 8.04 10.84 <0.001
Area −0.24 −1.41 0.92 0.7 −1.29 −2.27 −0.31 0.01 3.72 2.95 4.48 <0.001
BMD 6.75 4.64 8.85 <0.001 5.01 3.18 6.84 <0.001 9.42 7.63 11.20 <0.001
aBMC 3.90 2.76 5.05 <0.001 3.36 2.26 4.46 <0.001 3.74 2.62 4.87 <0.001

Analyses were adjusted for height, height and lean mass, and height and lean and fat mass (n = 4457). β reflects the change in DXA outcome per 100 cpm increase in activity level (height included both linear and quadratic terms).