Table 3.
Correlation matrix constructed for various parameters
| Factors | 100-Age | 50-YSM | Body and bone size factors | BMD factors | BAP | DPD | Fracture | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMI | al-T | L-BMD | al-BMD | ||||||
| 100-Age | 1 | 0.622** | 0.338 | 0.454* | 0.604** | 0.456* | −0.19 | −0.252 | −0.447* |
| 50-YSM | 1 | 0.257 | 0.146 | 0.476** | 0.373* | −0.101 | −0.57 | −0.178 | |
| BMI | 1 | 0.413* | 0.303 | 0.279 | −0.043 | −0.001 | −0.245 | ||
| al-T | 1 | 0.404* | 0.401* | −0.168 | −0.205 | −0.403* | |||
| L-BMD(T) | 1 | 0.702** | −0.439* | −0.237 | −0.472** | ||||
| al-BMD | 1 | −0.439* | −0.225 | −0.614** | |||||
| BAP | 1 | 0.061 | 0.2 | ||||||
| DPD | 1 | 0.396* | |||||||
| Fracture | 1 | ||||||||
50-YSM 50 minus years since the onset of menopause, 100-Age 100 minus the age of the subject (where a smaller number reflects an older average age), al-BMD alveolar bone mineral density, al-T alveolar thickness (buccolingual distance), BAP bone alkaline phosphatase (enzyme immunoassay [EIA] normal range 7.9–29.9 U/L), BMI body mass index, DPD deoxypyridinoline (EIA normal range 2.8–7.6 in females), L-BMD lumbar bone mineral density, L-BMD(T) L-BMD T-scores
* P < 0.05
** P < 0.01