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. 2016 Nov 4;31(4):547–558. doi: 10.3803/EnM.2016.31.4.547

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

BMD, bone mineral density.

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