Table 2.

Correlation Coefficients for the Relationship between Percent Change in Serum NTX and Percent Change in Markers of Diabetic Control in Pioglitazone-treated Patients.

	r	p value
sex	-0.182	0.344
age	0.323	0.088
% change in BW	-0.513	0.015
% change in HbA1c	0.641	0.105
% change in FPG	-0.265	0.234
% change in FPI	-0.465	0.029
% change in HOMA-IR	-0.429	0.046
% change in BAP	-0.168	0.385
% change in homocysteine	0.314	0.097
% change in pentosidine	0.146	0.448

Correlation coefficients of Spearman rank correlation analysis for variables measured at 3 months after treatment.

See Table 1 for abbreviations.

BAP: bone-specific alkaline phosphatase, BW: body weight, FPG: fasting plasma glucose, FPI: fasting plasma insulin, HbA1c: glycated hemoglobin, HOMA-IR: homeostasis assessment model of insulin resistance