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. 2012 Sep 4;97(11):4219–4227. doi: 10.1210/jc.2012-2381

Table 3.

Spearman's ρ (r) correlation coefficients for relationships between sympathetic activity and bone parameters in premenopausal (PRE) and postmenopausal (POST) women and all women combined

All unadjusted (n = 23)
 All age-adjusted (n = 23)
 PRE (n = 10)
 POST (n = 13)
r P value r P value r P value r P value
DXA regional aBMD
    FN (g/cm2) −0.67 <0.001 −0.28 0.201 −0.43 0.215 0.10 0.734
    Spine L1-L4 (g/cm2) −0.45 0.030 0.01 0.967 −0.27 0.446 0.26 0.384
    Total radius (g/cm2) −0.75 <0.001 −0.49 0.022 −0.55 0.098 −0.10 0.748
Radius HRpQCT
    BV/TV −0.73 <0.001 −0.55 0.009 −0.30 0.403 −0.37 0.219
    TbN (1/mm) −0.63 0.001 −0.38 0.077 −0.30 0.405 −0.31 0.306
    TbTh (mm) −0.66 <0.001 −0.59 0.004 −0.69 0.027 −0.33 0.266
    TbSp (mm) 0.67 <0.001 0.45 0.036 0.30 0.405 0.42 0.156
    Conn Dens (1/mm3) −0.59 0.003 −0.40 0.062 −0.16 0.652 −0.31 0.297
    SMI 0.48 0.022 0.46 0.030 0.44 0.200 0.23 0.448
    Ct vBMD (mg/cm3) −0.28 0.190 −0.16 0.481 −0.20 0.580 0.09 0.762
    CtTh (mm) −0.30 0.165 −0.05 0.840 −0.41 0.244 0.12 0.707
    EC (mm) 0.12 0.575 0.16 0.487 0.21 0.556 0.05 0.873
    PC (mm) 0.02 0.913 0.16 0.478 0.27 0.455 −0.10 0.748
    CtPoV (mm3) 0.37 0.084 −0.18 0.425 −0.43 0.215 0.00 1.000
    CtPo (%) 0.45 0.030 −0.11 0.612 −0.14 0.701 −0.05 0.859
    Stiffness (kn/mm) −0.51 0.012 −0.24 0.276 −0.54 0.108 0.01 0.986
    E (MPa) −0.55 0.007 −0.45 0.035 −0.24 0.511 −0.23 0.448
    Failure load (n) −0.50 0.016 −0.22 0.318 −0.50 0.138 −0.05 0.873
Tibia HRpQCT
    BV/TV −0.43 0.040 −0.24 0.289 0.04 0.907 0.18 0.566
    TbN (1/mm) −0.16 0.460 0.17 0.449 0.22 0.532 0.18 0.553
    TbTh (mm) −0.34 0.112 −0.34 0.117 −0.41 0.244 −0.01 0.964
    TbSp (mm) 0.25 0.241 −0.08 0.719 −0.10 0.777 −0.22 0.464
    Conn Dens (1/mm3) −0.23 0.297 −0.05 0.810 0.03 0.934 0.18 0.553
    SMI 0.37 0.080 0.38 0.077 0.33 0.347 0.15 0.616
    Ct vBMD (mg/cm3) −0.62 0.002 −0.12 0.601 −0.05 0.881 0.09 0.762
    CtTh (mm) −0.35 0.104 −0.08 0.720 −0.31 0.385 0.07 0.831
    EC (mm) 0.08 0.733 0.07 0.742 0.21 0.556 0.07 0.817
    PC (mm) 0.02 0.916 0.04 0.848 0.09 0.803 0.13 0.674
    CtPoV (mm3) 0.29 0.174 −0.36 0.096 −0.36 0.310 −0.43 0.144
    CtPo (%) 0.45 0.030 −0.34 0.119 −0.32 0.366 −0.27 0.364
    Stiffness (kn/mm) −0.61 0.002 −0.28 0.208 −0.36 0.310 −0.09 0.775
    E (MPa) −0.62 0.002 −0.33 0.133 −0.16 0.651 −0.10 0.748
    Failure load (n) −0.59 0.003 −0.25 0.265 −0.19 0.603 −0.09 0.775

Values are presented as r and P values. Statistically significant correlations are shown in bold.