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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 5.

Distal Tibia: 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	r	p
Size Parameters
Cortical Thickness (mm)	−0.31	0.02	−0.42	0.0009	0.39	0.002	−0.02	-	0.02	-
Cortical Perimeter (mm)	0.40	0.001	0.78	<.0001	0.31	0.02	0.74	<0.0001	0.26	0.06
Cortical Area (mm²)	−0.10	-	−0.01	-	0.60	<.0001	0.40	0.002	0.17	-
% Cortical Area	−0.39	0.002	−0.61	<.0001	0.18	-	−0.29	0.03	−0.10	-
Microarchitecture Parameters
Cortical Pore Volume (mm³)	0.19	-	0.41	0.001	0.40	0.001	0.49	<0.0001	0.24	0.09
Cortical Porosity (%)	0.22	0.08	0.47	0.0002	0.31	0.02	0.49	<0.0001	0.21	-
Cortical Pore Diameter (mm)	0.10	-	0.10	-	0.08	-	0.11	-	0.10	-
Trabecular Thickness (mm)	−0.39	0.002	−0.38	0.003	0.03	-	−0.08	-	−0.02	-
Trabecular Number (mm⁻¹)	0.16	-	0.32	0.01	0.26	0.05	0.35	0.006	0.19	-
Trabecular Separation (mm)	−0.13	-	−0.38	0.003	−0.21	-	−0.36	0.005	−0.23	-
Density Parameters
Cortical Density (g/mm³)	−0.31	0.01	−0.48	0.0001	0.09	-	−0.26	0.04	−0.06	-
Trabecular Density (g/mm³)	−0.24	0.06	−0.05	-	0.23	0.08	0.24	0.07	0.12	-
Total Density (g/mm³)	−0.40	0.002	−0.47	0.0002	0.23	0.08	−0.11	-	−0.02	-
Estimated Strength Parameters
Stiffness (kN/m)	−0.05	-	0.26	0.04	0.51	<.0001	0.60	<0.0001	0.32	0.02
Failure load (kN)	−0.03	-	0.29	0.03	0.53	<.0001	0.62	<0.0001	0.29	0.04

Only p values of <0.1 are reported