Table 3.

Pearson correlation analysis between serum elements and BMD (r)

	L2-4 BMD r value	L2 BMD r value	L3 BMD r value	L4 BMD r value	Neck BMD r value	Torch BMD r value	Ward’s BMD r value
Fe	-0.089	-0.039	-0.068	-0.122	-0.129	-0.076	-0.107
Mn	0.116	0.150	0.127	0.073	0.082	-0.092	-0.135
Zn	-0.097	-0.014	-0.081	-0.145	-0.172	-0.110	-0.174
Cu	-0.013	0.029	-0.021	-0.018	0.019	0.028	0.165
Se	0.011	0.067	0.030	-0.031	-0.038	-0.008	-0.085
Cd	-0.224*	-0.143	-0.237*	-0.242*	-0.051	-0.179	-0.159
Pb	0.051	0.060	0.070	0.027	0.023	0.164	0.190

r Pearson’s correlation coefficient;

^* P<0.05 was considered statistically significant.