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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: CNS Spectr. 2010 Sep;15(9):579–586. doi: 10.1017/s1092852900000559

Table 3.

Correlation coefficients for association of bone mineral density Z-Scores with BMI, duration since diagnosis of AN, duration of amenorrhea, and duration of SSRI use

BMI Duration since
diagnosis
Duration of
amenorrhea
Duration of SSRI
use

r p r p r p r p
Lumbar BMD
Z-score
0.26 0.01 −0.35 0.001 −0.28 0.01 −0.35 0.0008
Lumbar BMAD Z-
score
0.30 0.005 −0.25 0.03 −0.23 0.05 NS NS
Hip BMD
Z-score
0.36 0.0006 −0.47 <0.0001 −0.31 0.006 −0.49 <0.0001
Femoral Neck BMD
Z-score
0.33 0.002 −0.40 0.0002 −0.26 0.02 −0.46 <0.0001
WB BMD
Z-score
NS NS −0.35 0.001 NS NS −0.25 0.02
WB BMC/Ht
Z-score
0.24 0.02 −0.41 0.0002 −0.26 0.02 −0.5 <0.0001

NS indicates not significant