Table 4. Partial correlation coefficients (R) between bone turnover markers/bone mineral density and fasting insulin/individual characteristics of metabolic syndrome defined by NCEP ATPIII.

	Models a	OC		P1NP		ICTP		NTX		LS BMD		FN BMD		WB BMD
		R*	P	R*	P	R*	P	R*	P	R*	P	R*	P	R*	P
Insulin	Crude	−0.243	0.003	−0.187	0.021	0.025	0.787	−0.111	0.223	−0.011	0.891	0.063	0.439	−0.067	0.407
	Model 1	−0.239	0.003	−0.195	0.016	0.071	0.459	−0.130	0.156	−0.018	0.825	0.022	0.784	−0.123	0.127
	Model 2	−0.168	0.043	−0.108	0.190	−0.034	0.718	−0.053	0.572	−0.097	0.236	−0.058	0.477	−0.084	0.305
	Model 3	−0.162	0.053	−0.093	0.266	−0.040	0.675	−0.056	0.556	−0.065	0.433	−0.089	0.289	−0.075	0.364
Glucose	Crude	−0.213	0.009	−0.190	0.019	−0.232	0.011	−0.022	0.815	0.068	0.405	0.069	0.395	0.078	0.337
	Model 1	−0.211	0.010	−0.228	0.005	−0.124	0.182	−0.079	0.394	0.053	0.517	−0.063	0.118	−0.075	0.351
	Model 2	−0.152	0.066	−0.179	0.029	−0.189	0.044	−0.025	0.789	0.033	0.689	−0.097	0.235	−0.018	0.828
	Model 3	−0.099	0.240	−0.133	0.110	−0.169	0.076	−0.017	0.861	0.032	0.696	−0.114	0.176	−0.017	0.839
Triglycerides	Crude	−0.134	0.103	−0.113	0.164	−0.045	0.626	−0.067	0.470	−0.089	0.273	0.016	0.849	−0.109	0.181
	Model 1	−0.126	0.126	−0.136	0.097	0.054	0.565	−0.112	0.224	−0.108	0.189	−0.083	0.312	−0.228	0.005
	Model 2	−0.037	0.656	−0.048	0.562	−0.038	0.690	−0.041	0.660	−0.185	0.024	−0.165	0.044	−0.210	0.010
	Model 3	0.005	0.949	0.000	0.998	−0.014	0.886	−0.029	0.762	−0.181	0.028	−0.158	0.060	−0.204	0.014
Waist circumference	Crude	−0.153	0.062	−0.077	0.348	−0.031	0.738	−0.088	0.335	0.160	0.048	0.266	0.001	0.106	0.194
	Model 1	−0.148	0.073	−0.112	0.172	0.136	0.142	−0.169	0.065	0.156	0.054	0.114	0.076	−0.060	0.457
	Model 2	0.042	0.617	0.106	0.199	−0.013	0.888	−0.069	0.461	0.158	0.054	0.104	0.207	0.064	0.436
	Model 3	0.069	0.414	0.138	0.097	0.006	0951	−0.057	0.544	0.151	0.068	0.097	0.247	0.065	0.431
HDL	Crude	0.111	0.175	0.024	0.764	0.001	0.995	0.103	0.259	−0.025	0.754	0.224	0.005	−0.107	0.187
	Model 1	0.100	0.227	0.045	0.584	−0.131	0.160	0.164	0.073	−0.008	0.927	−0.121	0.136	0.100	0.221
	Model 2	0.056	0.504	−0.012	0.888	−0.086	0.365	0.131	0.159	0.031	0.708	−0.086	0.296	0.002	0.979
	Model 3	0.059	0.485	−0.044	0.596	−0.109	0.255	0.107	0.256	0.012	0.889	−0.081	0.332	−0.015	0.855
Systolic BP	Crude	−0.129	0.118	−0.080	0.329	−0.086	0.356	0.046	0.613	0.056	0.492	0.079	0.332	0.115	0.156
	Model 1	−0.119	0.150	−0.113	0.165	0.069	0.463	−0.012	0.899	0.038	0.642	−0.075	0.361	−0.043	0.600
	Model 2	−0.057	0.495	−0.056	0.499	0.016	0.866	0.044	0.635	0.012	0.885	−0.115	0.162	−0.004	0.959
	Model 3	−0.027	0.750	−0.030	0.720	0.027	0.778	0.047	0.623	0.016	0.845	−0.119	0.154	−0.003	0.972
Diastolic BP	Crude	−0.109	0.185	−0.042	0.606	0.002	0.983	0.124	0.174	0.009	0.914	−0.047	0.565	0.018	0.823
	Model 1	−0.099	0.232	−0.057	0.484	0.100	0.281	0.094	0.308	−0.005	0.948	−0.148	0.069	−0.083	0.308
	Model 2	−0.056	0.500	−0.015	0.856	0.065	0.491	0.136	0.144	−0.026	0.750	−0.178	0.029	−0.060	0.463
	Model 3	−0.006	0.940	0.020	0.813	0.086	0.372	0.137	0.146	−0.042	0.610	−0.133	0.111	−0.069	0.408

Abbreviations: OC, osteocalcin; P1NP, procollagen type 1 N-terminal propeptide; ICTP, carboxy-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen; NTX, N-terminal telopeptide urine collagen I aminoterminal telopeptide; BMD, bone mineral density; LS, lumbar spine; FN, femoral neck; WB whole body; HDL, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; BP, blood pressure.

^aCrude values and additional models: Model 1: + gender, Model 2: + fat mass and Model 3: + lifestyle factors (smoking, alcohol consumption and current physical activity).

*R, Correlation coefficients.