Table 3.

Pearson correlation between different bone-remodeling parameters related to osteoporosis

Parameter	Age years	Weight Kg	Height cm	BMI Kg/m2	PINP μg/l	CTX1 pg/ml	Ca mg/dl	Vit. D ng/ml	PTH pg/ml	BMD hip	BMD neck	BMD L1–L4
Age years	1
Weight Kg	−0.263**	1
Height cm	−0.219**	0.223**	1
BMI Kg/m2	−0.134**	0.841**	−0.305**	1
PINP μg/l	0.066	−0.005	−0.076	0.056	1
CTX1 pg/ml	0.038	−0.007	−0.048	−0.024	0.529**	1
Ca mg/dl	−0.083	0.008	0.028	0.007	−0.014	−0.106	1
Vit. D ng/ml	−0.039	−0.148*	0.035	−0.148*	0.071	0.008	0.169**	1
PTH pg/ml	−0.014	0.104	−0.109	0.129*	0.078	0.112	−0.132*	−0.295**	1
BMD hip gm/cm2	−0.431**	0.444**	0.192**	0.321**	−0.059	−0.059	0.122*	0.001	−0.024	1
BMD neck gm/cm2	−0.459**	0.394**	0.233**	0.255**	−0.096	−0.004	0.072	0.014	−0.011	0.866**	1
BMD L1–L4 gm/cm2	−0.276**	0.425**	0.230**	0.279**	−0.073	−0.102	0.111	0.078	−0.045	0.649**	0.625**	1

*Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed)

**Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed)

BMD hip total hip BMD, BMD neck femoral neck BMD, BMD L1–L4 lumbar (L1–L4) spine BMD, BMD bone mineral density, BMI body mass index, PINP procollagen type I N propeptide, CTX1 serum C-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen, PTH parathyroid hormone