Table 1.

Descriptive statistics and partial correlations for skeletal architecture traits in the G₄ population

Trait	n	Mean	SD	Range	Femoral BMD	Vertebral BMD	Total BMD	Femoral length	A-P femoral width	M-L femoral width
Femoral BMD	798	0.07	0.008	0.05–0.10		0.551**	0.699**	0.120*	0.315**	0.294**
Vertebral BMD	797	0.06	0.006	0.04–0.08			0.708**	0.230**	0.319**	0.309**
Total BMD	799	0.05	0.004	0.04–0.06				0.223**	0.399**	0.372**
Femoral length	763	15.76	0.609	14.10–17.25					0.343**	0.253**
A-P femoral width	790	1.39	0.097	1.16–1.68						0.547**
M-L femoral width	790	1.88	0.150	1.45–2.32

Pearson partial correlations (controlling for parent-of-origin, sex, and body mass).

^*P < 0.05,

^**P <0.0001 following correction for multiple comparisons utilizing the false discovery rate procedure (Curran-Everett, 2000).