Table 2.

Correlations of degenerative changes of the sine with spinal and hip BMD

Pathology	Normal distributiona	Correlation with BMD spine	p	Correlation with BMD hip	p
Spondylosis deformans
Spondylophytes spine	no	−0.349	<0.01	−0.077	n.s.
Grade 1	no	−0.341	<0.01	−0.072	n.s.
Grade 2	no	−0.345	<0.01	−0.048	n.s.
Grade 3	no	−0.197	<0.05	0.003	n.s.
Osteochondrosis
Disc height (mm)	yes	−0.332	<0.01	−0.307	<0.01
Air inclusions	no	−0.341	<0.01	−0.113	n.s.
Schmorl nodules	no	−0.246	<0.01	−0.176	0.046
Endplate sclerosis	no	0.147	0.09	0.085	n.s.
Spondylarthrosis
Highest grade	no	−0.223	<0.01	−0.080	n.s.
Average grade	no	−0.220	<0.05	−0.077	n.s.
Number	no	−0.219	<0.05	−0.072	n.s.
Vertebral body height (mm)	yes	0.139	0.11	0.008	n.s.

^aKolmogorov-Smirnov test, if normal distribution assumed: Pearson correlation coefficient, if not: Spearman correlation (ρ)