Table 8.
Partial correlation results (dietary heavy metals and bone parameters).
| Variable (Units) | Dietary Intake (μg/day) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadmium | Lead | Mercury | |
| Quantitative bone ultrasound | |||
| Ad-SoS (m/s) | r = 0.02 (p = 0.72) | r = 0.06 (p = 0.45) | r = 0.02 (p = 0.74) |
| Ultrasound bone profiler index (UBPI) | r = −0.00 (p = 0.95) | r = −0.05 (p = 0.49) | r = −0.00 (p = 0.92) |
| Bone transmission time (BTT) (μs) | r = 0.10 (p = 0.18) | r = 0.07 (p = 0.38) | r = 0.10 (p = 0.19) |
| Bone mineral density (g/cm2) | |||
| BMD Femoral neck | r = −0.02 (p = 0.78) | r = −0.02 (p = 0.73) | r = −0.04 (p = 0.65) |
| BMD Femoral trochanter | r = 0.03 (p = 0.66) | r = −0.01 (p = 0.86) | r = 0.03 (p = 0.65) |
| BMD Ward's triangle | r = 0.01 (p = 0.85) | r = 0.01 (p = 0.86) | r = −0.00 (p = 0.98) |
| BMD L2 | r = −0.00 (p = 0.95) | r = 0.05 (p = 0.51) | r = −0.01 (p = 0.83) |
| BMD L3 | r = −0.01 (p = 0.81) | r = 0.08 (p = 0.30) | r = −0.03 (p = 0.63) |
| BMD L4 | r = −0.01 (p = 0.89) | r = 0.02 (p = 0.78) | r = −0.02 (p = 0.72) |
| BMD lumbar spine | r = −0.01 (p = 0.89) | r = 0.06 (p = 0.46) | r = −0.03 (p = 0.75) |
| Volumetric BMD (mg/cm3) | |||
| Total density | r = 0.06 (p = 0.39) | r = 0.09 (p = 0.26) | r = 0.06 (p = 0.48) |
| Trabecular density | r = −0.02 (p = 0.73) | r = −0.00 (p = 0.99) | r = −0.04 (p = 0.58) |
| Cortical density | r = 0.08 (p = 0.33) | r = 0.10 (p = 0.21) | r = 0.07 (p = 0.38) |
| Bone morphometry (mm2) | |||
| Total area | r = 0.02 (p = 0.84) | r = −0.11 (p = 0.18) | r = 0.028 (p = 0.72) |
| Trabecular area | r = −0.02 (p = 0.76) | r = −0.12 (p = 0.14) | r = −0.01 (p = 0.85) |
| Cortical area | r = −0.02 (p = 0.82) | r = −0.12 (p = 0.12) | r = −0.00 (p = 0.94) |
| Bone health (T-score) | |||
| Spine T-score | r = −0.04 (p = 0.96) | r = 0.051 (p = 0.526) | r = −0.19 (p = 0.81) |
| Hip T-score | r = −0.03 (p = 0.71) | r = −0.03 (p = 0.69) | r = −0.04 (p = 0.58) |