Table 2.

Pearson's Correlation Coefficients (r) Among Bone Mass, Trabecular Microarchitecture, and Biomechanical Properties of the Vertebral Body

	Failure load	Work to failure	Stiffness
BMD	0.66	0.58	0.54
BV/TV	0.73	0.43	0.66
SMI	−0.81	−0.45a	−0.66
Tb.Sp*	−0.57	−0.30	0.62
Tb.Th*	0.44a	0.39	0.30
Tb.N*	0.51	0.23	0.58
DA	0.38	0.10	0.29
Tb.Sp*SD	−0.36	−0.13	−0.49

Note: Abbreviations defined in the methods section.

Bold: p ≤ .026

^a026 < p < .05.