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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Bone Miner Res. 2012 Oct;27(10):2159–2169. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.1666

Table 2.

Pearson correlation coefficients (rp-value unadjusted/rp-value age-adjusted/rp-value age- and physical activity adjusted) between relative ASM and bone parameters at the central skeletal sites in women and men. Statistics in bold are significant at p < 0.05.

Skeletal Site/Parameter Women Men
Unadjusted/age-adjusted/age- and physical activity adjusted Unadjusted/age-adjusted/age- and physical activity adjusted
Femoral Neck (QCT)
Total vBMD 0.36<0.001/0.28<0.001/0.190.002 0.36<0.001/0.130.022/0.110.055
Trabecular vBMD 0.37<0.001/0.30<0.001/0.190.003 0.43<0.001/0.170.003/0.150.010
Cortical vBMD 0.28<0.001/0.180.003/0.140.029 0.170.003/0.020.705/0.010.823
Bone area 0.050.388/0.120.049/0.030.689 0.100.086/0.22<0.001/0.170.003
Endocortical area −0.090.135/0.000.936/−0.050.433 −0.010.803/0.130.027/0.100.096
CtTh 0.35<0.001/0.30<0.001/0.190.002 0.36<0.001/0.26<0.001/0.20<0.001
Proximal femur strength 0.46<0.001/0.43<0.001/0.30<0.001 0.48<0.001/0.30<0.001/0.24<0.001
Lumbar Spine (QCT)
Trabecular vBMD 0.36<0.001/0.26<0.001/0.200.001 0.37<0.001/0.060.264/0.060.275
Bone area 0.150.018/0.25<0.001/0.160.012 0.130.026/0.31<0.001/0.24<0.001
Endocortical area 0.040.550/0.180.004/0.100.097 0.060.311/0.27<0.001/0.20<0.001
CtTh 0.44<0.001/0.37<0.001/0.28<0.001 0.40<0.001/0.23<0.001/0.190.001