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. 2015 Jul 1;13(3):e25542. doi: 10.5812/ijem.25542v2

Table 3. Correlation Between Bone Mineral Content, Bone Mineral Density, and Bone Mineral Apparent Density and Anthropometric and Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry Measures in Iranian Children and Adolescents ^a,b.

	Lumbar Spine						Femoral Neck						Total Body
	BMC		BMD		BMAD		BMC		BMD		BMAD		BMC		BMD
	R	P	R	P	R	P	R	P	R	P	R	P	R	P	R	P
BMI, Kg/m ²	0.60	< 0.001	0.61	< 0.001	0.52	< 0.001	0.55	< 0.001	0.56	< 0.001	0.38	< 0.001	0.67	< 0.001	0.65	< 0.001
Waist circumference, cm	0.65	< 0.001	0.66	< 0.001	0.54	< 0.001	0.58	< 0.001	0.54	< 0.001	0.29	< 0.001	0.71	< 0.001	0.67	< 0.001
TBFM, Kg	0.44	< 0.001	0.51	< 0.001	0.51	< 0.001	0.26	< 0.001	0.31	< 0.001	0.28	< 0.001	0.44	< 0.001	0.45	< 0.001
TBFP, %	0.06	0.19	0.18	< 0.001	0.32	< 0.001	-0.20	< 0.001	-0.10	0.02	0.06	0.14	-0.03	0.40	0.03	0.44
Trunk fat mass, Kg	0.42	< 0.001	0.49	< 0.001	0.51	< 0.001	0.25	< 0.001	0.30	< 0.001	0.27	< 0.001	0.42	< 0.001	0.43	< 0.001
FMI, Kg/m ²	0.23	< 0.001	0.33	< 0.001	0.42	< 0.001	0.04	0.38	0.12	0.006	0.20	< 0.001	0.19	< 0.001	0.24	< 0.001
Total lean mass, Kg	0.74	< 0.001	0.68	< 0.001	0.42	< 0.001	0.84	< 0.001	0.75	< 0.001	0.35	< 0.001	0.90	< 0.001	0.78	< 0.001
Trunk lean mass, Kg	0.76	< 0.001	0.71	< 0.001	0.47	< 0.001	0.83	< 0.001	0.74	< 0.001	0.36	< 0.001	0.90	< 0.001	0.79	< 0.001
Android/Gynoid Ratio	0.39	< 0.001	0.34	< 0.001	0.25	< 0.001	0.37	< 0.001	0.34	< 0.001	0.21	< 0.001	0.39	< 0.001	0.38	< 0.001

^a Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; FMI, fat mass index; TBFM, total body fat mass; TBFP, total body fat percentage.

^b Values are presented as (Mean ± SD).