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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 4.

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 Light, Moderate, and Vigorous Activity

Light activity
Moderate activity
Vigorous activity
β 95% CI p β 95% CI p β 95% CI p
TBLH BMC 3.89 −0.11 7.89 0.06 18.83 13.30 24.36 <0.001 6.59 0.58 12.60 0.03
Area 2.47 −0.30 5.24 0.08 8.73 4.90 12.56 <0.001 4.59 0.42 8.75 0.03
BMD 1.69 0.15 3.23 0.03 7.48 5.36 9.61 <0.001 2.44 0.13 4.75 0.04
aBMC 0.85 −1.14 2.84 0.4 8.09 5.33 10.84 <0.001 0.94 −2.05 3.94 0.5
Upper limb BMC 1.15 0.49 1.81 <0.001 0.11 −0.80 1.02 0.8 1.34 0.35 2.34 0.008
Area 1.02 0.34 1.71 0.003 −0.06 −1.01 0.88 0.9 1.12 0.09 2.15 0.03
BMD 2.20 0.92 3.47 <0.001 0.17 −1.59 1.93 0.9 2.83 0.92 4.75 0.004
aBMC 0.25 −0.04 0.54 0.09 0.17 −0.23 0.57 0.4 0.36 −0.08 0.79 0.1
Lower limb BMC 2.94 1.15 4.73 0.001 13.07 10.60 15.53 <0.001 2.25 −0.43 4.94 0.1
Area 1.43 0.46 2.41 0.004 5.07 3.72 6.41 <0.001 0.76 −0.70 2.23 0.3
BMD 2.81 0.52 5.09 0.02 12.61 9.46 15.77 <0.001 2.91 −0.52 6.34 0.1
aBMC 0.74 −0.70 2.19 0.3 5.30 3.30 7.30 <0.001 1.08 −1.08 3.25 0.3

Analyses were adjusted for age of DXA scan, sex, socio-economic factors, height, lean mass, and fat mass (n = 4457). β reflects the change in DXA outcome per 100 cpm increase in activity levels, after multiple regression analysis in which all three activity terms were included simultaneously (height included both linear and quadratic terms).