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Published in final edited form as: Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2018 Apr 14;88(6):848–855. doi: 10.1111/cen.13602

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).