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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2016 May 10;17(6):898–904. doi: 10.1111/ggi.12798

Table 2.

Linear regressions of Year 3 body-composition measures on total-hip bone mass density (BMD)

Total-hip BMD (g/cm2)

Model 1a Model 2b


beta SE P value R2 beta SE P value R2
ALM, kg/m2 0.032 0.004 <0.001 0.14 0.031 0.005 <0.001 0.17
AFM, kg/m2 0.022 0.001 <0.001 0.20 0.023 0.002 <0.001 0.24
TLM, kg/m2 0.043 0.004 <0.001 0.17 0.044 0.004 <0.001 0.19
TFM, kg/m2 0.021 0.002 <0.001 0.20 0.022 0.002 <0.001 0.23
WBLM, kg/m2 0.021 0.002 <0.001 0.16 0.021 0.002 <0.001 0.18
WBFM, kg/m2 0.012 0.0009 <0.001 0.22 0.013 0.001 <0.001 0.26

AFM = appendicular fat mass; ALM = appendicular lean mass; TFM = trunk fat mass; TLM = trunk lean mass; SE = standard error; WBFM = whole-body fat mass; WBLM = whole-body lean mass;

a

adjusted for age

b

adjusted for age, ethnicity, smoking, previous fractures, recurrent falls and number of frailty criteria

c

P for trend