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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2014 Jan 30;164(6):1280–1285.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.12.040

Table 2.

Correlation of Z-scores between baseline and 6 years later

BMC BMD Height adjusted BMC Height adjusted BMD
Boys
 Height .71 --- --- --- ---
 Weight .64 --- --- --- ---
 BMI .68 --- --- --- ---
 DXA whole body --- .66 .69 .71 .76
 DXA spine --- .69 .72 .78 .78
 DXA hip total --- .70 .75 .78 .80
 DXA hip neck --- .68 .74 .75 .77
 DXA forearm --- .73 .73 .80 .78

Girls
 Height .72 --- --- --- ---
 Weight .69 --- --- --- ---
 BMI .74 --- --- --- ---
 DXA whole body --- .68 .74 .70 .81
 DXA spine --- .73 .78 .84 .87
 DXA hip total --- .73 .79 .75 .85
 DXA hip neck --- .70 .79 .75 .82
 DXA forearm --- .79 .79 .85 .83

All Subjects
 Height .71 --- --- --- ---
 Weight .66 --- --- --- ---
 BMI .71 --- --- --- ---
 DXA whole body --- .67 .72 .71 .78
 DXA spine --- .71 .75 .81 .83
 DXA hip total --- .71 .78 .76 .83
 DXA hip neck --- .69 .76 .75 .80
 DXA forearm --- .75 .76 .83 .81