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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 3.

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 peripheral 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
Tibia (pQCT)
Cortical vBMD 0.28<0.001/0.120.054/0.100.119 0.26<0.001/0.040.480/0.050.370
Bone area 0.27<0.001/0.30<0.001/0.190.002 0.21<0.001/0.27<0.001/0.21<0.001
Endocortical area −0.020.685/0.060.337/−0.010.897 −0.020.791/0.050.349/0.010.805
CtTh 0.43<0.001/0.35<0.001/0.32<0.001 0.35<0.001/0.30<0.001/0.28<0.001
Radius (pQCT)
Cortical vBMD 0.28<0.001/0.130.036/0.060.316 0.28<0.001/0.020.783/0.010.879
Bone area 0.25<0.001/0.27<0.001/0.200.002 0.180.001/0.29<0.001/0.23<0.001
Endocortical area −0.090.137/0.030.599/0.030.627 −0.060.263/0.100.068/0.070.230
CtTh 0.41<0.001/0.32<0.001/0.23<0.001 0.34<0.001/0.21<0.001/0.170.002
Radius (HRpQCT)
BV/TV 0.37<0.001/0.32<0.001/0.24<0.001 0.170.005/−0.040.512/−0.050.370
TbN 0.49<0.001/0.45<0.001/0.34<0.001 0.190.001/0.25<0.001/0.190.001
TbTh 0.23<0.001/0.180.005/0.130.044 0.100.100/−0.160.006/−0.150.016
TbSp −0.45<0.001/−0.40<0.001/−0.30<0.001 −0.22<0.001/−0.20<0.001/−0.140.016