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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2016 Jul 7;4(4):587–598. doi: 10.1007/s40615-016-0262-8

Table 4.

Distal Radius: Correlations of microarchitecture and FEA parameters with covariates

Menarchal Age Height BMI Lean mass 25(OH) vitamin D
r p r p r p r p
Size Parameters
Cortical Thickness (mm) −0.36 0.005 −0.18 - 0.09 - −0.05 - −0.15 -
Cortical Perimeter (mm) 0.13 - 0.43 0.0006 0.19 - 0.44 0.0005 −0.09 -
Cortical Area (mm2) −0.28 0.03 0.06 - 0.17 - 0.18 - −0.03 -
% Cortical Area −0.39 0.002 −0.30 0.02 0.05 - −0.17 - −0.11 -
Microarchitecture Parameters
Cortical Pore Volume (mm3) 0.08 - 0.29 0.02 0.20 - 0.26 0.04 −0.01 -
Cortical Porosity (%) 0.15 - 0.26 0.05 0.18 - 0.21 - −0.01 -
Cortical Pore Diameter (mm) −0.20 - 0.05 - 0.06 - 0.07 - −0.17 -
Trabecular Thickness (mm) −0.41 0.001 −0.30 0.02 0.18 - 0.007 - −0.10 -
Trabecular Number (mm−1) −0.05 - −0.10 - 0.12 - −0.05 - 0.12 -
Trabecular Separation (mm) 0.09 - 0.05 - −0.14 - −0.01 - −0.09 -
Density Parameters
Cortical Density (g/mm3) −0.32 0.01 −0.23 0.08 0.03 - −0.10 - 0.005 -
Trabecular Density (g/mm3) −0.35 0.007 −0.29 0.03 0.22 0.09 −0.01 - 0.002 -
Total Density (g/mm3) −0.46 0.0003 −0.37 0.004 0.14 - −0.14 - −0.08 -
Estimated Strength Parameters
Stiffness (kN/m) −0.30 0.02 0.21 - 0.27 0.04 0.40 0.002 0.09 -
Failure load (kN) −0.29 0.03 0.24 0.06 0.26 0.05 0.42 0.0008 0.06 -

Only p values of <0.1 are reported