Table 5.

Correlations between baseline and annualized rates of change in DE vBMD and marrow fat variables versus the marrow fat and biochemical/hormonal variables.

	Age	YSM	BMI	Baseline femur marrow fat	Baseline spine marrow fat	Change in femur marrow fat	Change in spine marrow fat	25-OHD	E2	FSH	PTH	PINP	CTX
DE Baseline values
Femur Neck
Total vBMD (mg/cm3)	−0.26‡	−0.21†	−0.11	−0.33‡	−0.06	0.14	−0.02	−0.06	−0.01	−0.03	−0.06	0.12	0.02
Cortical vBMD (mg/cm3)	−0.07	−0.10	−0.22†	−0.04	0.00	0.20†	−0.01	−0.00	−0.06	−0.08	−0.10	0.02	−0.00
Trabecular vBMD (mg/cm3)	−0.32‡	−0.27‡	−0.09	−0.47‡	−0.15*	0.13	0.04	−0.05	−0.06	0.07	−0.00	0.16*	0.07
Marrow fat (mg/cm3)	0.19†	0.12	−0.07	--	0.17*	−0.38‡	−0.08	0.12	0.00	−0.03	−0.09	−0.05	−0.07
Lumbar spine
Trabecular vBMD (mg/cm3)	−0.29‡	−0.32‡	−0.10	−0.29‡	−0.56‡	0.07	0.15	−0.02	−0.07	0.16*	0.11	0.07	0.04
Marrow fat (mg/cm3)	0.21†	0.32‡	0.25‡	0.17*	--	−0.01	−0.42‡	0.04	0.12	−0.10	−0.10	−0.01	−0.03
DE Annualized rates of change
Femur Neck
Total vBMD (mg/cm3)	0.07	0.20*	0.16*	0.13	0.16*	−0.05	−0.05	−0.07	0.15	0.00	−0.05	0.09	−0.05
Cortical vBMD (mg/cm3)	0.15	0.15	0.06	0.09	0.13	0.02	−0.10	0.02	0.08	0.07	−0.06	−0.09	−0.13
Trabecular vBMD (mg/cm3)	0.05	0.10	0.16*	0.04	0.14	−0.07	−0.07	−0.08	0.10	0.02	−0.00	0.17*	0.06
Marrow fat (units)	−0.09	−0.19*	−0.18*	−0.38‡	−0.01	--	0.14	0.03	−0.22†	0.16*	−0.01	0.06	0.13
Lumbar spine
Trabecular vBMD (mg/cm3)	−0.00	0.09	0.05	0.14	0.10	−0.19*	−0.07	0.00	0.09	−0.03	−0.00	−0.07	−0.13
Marrow fat (mg/cm3)	−0.05	−0.00	−0.13	−0.08	−0.42‡	0.14	--	0.04	−0.09	0.02	0.05	0.11	0.13

^*<0.05,

^†<0.01,

^‡<0.001.