Table 2.

Association of site-specific BMD with anthropometric and glucose homeostasis traits

	Female				Male
BMD	Arm	Leg	Pelvis	LS	Arm	Leg	Pelvis	LS
Age	−0.142 (0.014)	−0.115 (0.035)	−0.084 (0.169)	−0.172 (0.005)	−0.022 (0.720)	−0.154 (0.003)	−0.007 (0.916)	−0.059 (0.441)
Current Smoking	0.273 (0.064)	0.228 (0.233)	0.111 (0.522)	−0.072 (0.621)	0.177 (0.144)	0.032 (0.806)	0.004 (0.974)	−0.057 (0.684)
BMI	0.037 (0.439)	0.285 (<0.0001)	0.309 (<0.0001)	0.056 (0.214)	0.150 (0.008)	0.257 (<0.0001)	0.451 (<0.0001)	0.064 (0.223)
Waist-Hip ratio	−0.031 (0.573)	0.042 (0.421)	0.094 (0.096)	−0.095 (0.095)	0.022 (0.698)	0.008 (0.894)	0.232 (0.0002)	−0.047 (0.526)
Lean body mass	0.292 (<0.0001)	0.504 (<0.0001)	0.412 (<0.0001)	0.183 (<0.0001)	0.351 (<0.0001)	0.442 (<0.0001)	0.493 (<0.0001)	0.146 (0.005)
Fat body mass	−0.010 (0.853)	0.257 (<0.0001)	0.301 (<0.0001)	0.076 (0.094)	0.004 (0.954)	0.147 (0.015)	0.360 (<0.0001)	0.013 (0.811)
Fasting glucose	−0.027 (0.601)	−0.001 (0.979)	0.069 (0.096)	−0.035 (0.434)	0.062 (0.285)	0.079 (0.154)	0.194 (0.0019)	0.085 (0.125)
2 hrs glucose	−0.167 (0.0007)	−0.115 (0.017)	−0.056 (0.201)	−0.134 (0.006)	−0.135 (0.015)	−0.064 (0.200)	0.065 (0.232)	−0.078 (0.134)
Fasting plasma insulin	−0.007 (0.887)	0.167 (0.001)	0.223 (<0.0001)	0.051 (0.254)	−0.008 (0.876)	0.109 (0.097)	0.331 (<0.0001)	−0.016 (0.776)
IGI30	0.142 (0.007)	0.194 (<0.0001)	0.164 (0.001)	0.109 (0.019)	−0.033 (0.611)	0.008 (0.903)	0.042 (0.513)	0.020 (0.724)
M value	0.097 (0.032)	−0.023 (0.574)	−0.123 (0.005)	−0.002 (0.967)	0.102 (0.092)	0.025 (0.676)	−0.254 (<0.0001)	0.021 (0.728)
MCRI	−0.020 (0.726)	−0.145 (0.008)	−0.121 (0.036)	0.002 (0.968)	0.085 (0.122)	−0.012 (0.864)	−0.110 (0.079)	0.047 (0.379)
T2DM (OGTT)	−0.438 (0.051)	−0.007 (0.974)	0.059 (0.793)	−0.299 (0.233)	−0.195 (0.545)	−0.246 (0.158)	−0.154 (0.420)	−0.210 (0.387)

Data are correlation coefficients (p-value), with significance (bolded) as p <0.004 (see Methods).