Table 2.
Estimation of the BMD and BMC predictors base d on linear multiple regression of adolescent students
| Dependent variables | Independent variables | Males | Females | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | R2 | EE | p | R | R2 | EE | p | ||
| BMD (g/cm2) | |||||||||
| Body total | Somatic Maturation | 0.73 | 0.53 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0.60 | 0.36 | 0.08 | 0.00 |
| Hand grip strength - left | 0.44 | 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.12 | 0.10 | 0.00 | |
| Hand grip strength - right | 0.43 | 0.18 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.00 | |
| Maximum peak expiratory flow | 0.57 | 0.33 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.44 | 0.19 | 0.10 | 0.00 | |
| BMC (g) | |||||||||
| Body total | Somatic Maturation | 0.79 | 0.62 | 0.31 | 0.00 | 0.64 | 0.41 | 0.24 | 0.00 |
| Hand grip strength - left | 0.49 | 0.24 | 0.44 | 0.00 | 0.41 | 0.17 | 0.27 | 0.00 | |
| Hand grip strength - right | 0.48 | 0.23 | 0.45 | 0.00 | 0.43 | 0.18 | 0.27 | 0.00 | |
| Maximum peak expiratory flow | 0.60 | 0.36 | 0.41 | 0.00 | 0.44 | 0.19 | 0.30 | 0.00 | |
BMD Mineral bone density, BMC Bone mineral content, EEE Standard Error of the Estimate