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. 2018 Aug 8;18:55. doi: 10.1186/s12902-018-0283-x

Table 3.

Correlations between bone density and structure, obesity and glycemic control

BMI Fat mass Waist/hip HbA1C
Lumbar BMD r 0.23 0.84 0.91 −0.35
p 0.005 0.338 0.276 0.286
Femoral BMD r 0.27 0.154 0.10 −0.092
p 0.001 0.078 0.904 0.701
TBS r −0.319 −0.36 −0.34 − 0.55
p < 0.0001 0.693 < 0.0001 0.016

Pearson’ coefficient correlations between BMD measured at lumbar spine and at femoral neck and BMI, Fat mass % and waist/hip ratio in the whole population under study, TBS was correlated by Spearman coefficient. Correlations between bone parameters and HbA1C were run only in T2DM patients. Significant values are in bold