Table 5. Partial Correlations between Body Composition and BMD after Adjusting for Age and Body Mass Index in Men, Premenopausal Women, and Postmenopausal Women.

Body composition	BMD, g/cm2
	L1–L4	Femoral neck	Total hip
Men
Fat mass, g
Femoral neck	−0.005	−0.170a	−0.249a
L1–L4	0.138b	0.076	0.030
Total hip	0.048	−0.131b	−0.226a
Lean mass, g
Femoral neck	0.030	0.136b	0.154a
L1–L4	0.265a	0.028	0.018
Total hip	0.119b	0.253a	0.245a
Premenopausal women
Fat mass, g
Femoral neck	0.028	−0.045	−0.126a
L1–L4	0.075b	0.040	0.016
Total hip	0.027	0.005	−0.084b
Lean mass, g
Femoral neck	0.026	−0.036	0.009
L1–L4	0.253a	−0.042	−0.009
Total hip	0.020	0.040	0.077b
Postmenopausal women
Fat mass, g
Femoral neck	0.029	−0.176a	−0.232a
L1–L4	0.102a	−0.008	−0.032
Total hip	0.035c	−0.103a	−0.163a
Lean mass, g
Femoral neck	−0.008	0.082a	0.125a
L1–L4	0.201b	0.060b	0.092a
Total hip	−0.003	0.199a	0.243a

BMD, bone mineral density.

^aP<0.001; ^bP<0.01; ^cP<0.05.