Table 2.

Correlation of Body Composition and Bone Parameters at the Distal Tibia with MAT at the Distal Tibia and L4 Vertebra

	Distal Tibial MAT			L4 MAT
	R	P	q-value	R	P	q-value
With Age and Body Composition
Age at Baseline (yrs)	0.23	0.18	0.33	−0.36	0.037*	0.11
BMI (kg/m2)	−0.21	0.22	0.33	−0.07	0.68	0.70
Total Fat (kg)	−0.06	0.71	0.71	0.06	0.70	0.70
With Distal Tibia vBMD and Microarchitecture
Total vBMD (mgHA/cm3)	−0.39	0.025*	0.03	−0.19	0.27	0.52
Trabecular vBMD (mgHA/cm3)	−0.51	0.003*	0.01	−0.18	0.30	0.52
Trabecular number (1/mm)	−0.42	0.015*	0.025	0.005	0.97	0.97
Trabecular Thickness (mm)	−0.01	0.94	0.94	−0.18	0.31	0.52
Trabecular Separation (mm)	0.50	0.004*	0.01	0.007	0.96	0.97
With Distal Tibial Strength Estimates
Stiffness (N/mm)	−0.31	0.07	0.07	0.007	0.96	0.96
Failure Load (N)	−0.33	0.05	0.07	0.04	0.81	0.96

Bold indicates p<0.05

^*significant after controlling for sex