Table 3.

Bivariate correlations between habitual lifestyle factors against bone mineral density (BMD) characteristics in designated body locations in 50 43–80-year-old adults.

		Physical Activity Score								Nutrition
BMD Location	Age	Work	Sport	Leisure	Global	Adiposity	Body Fat %	BMI	FMI	Daily Nutrition Score	Bone Score	Total Calorie Intake
Total	−0.42 **	0.10	0.35 *	−0.12	0.21	0.06	−0.33 *	0.26	−0.46	−0.16	−0.28	0.40 **
Thoracic	−0.20	0.10	0.23	−0.18	−0.03	0.25	0.06	0.38 **	0.21	−0.08	−0.07	0.22
Lumbar	−0.24	−0.12	0.31 *	−0.17	0.01	-0.06	−0.24	0.04	−0.10	−0.04	−0.09	0.15
Pelvis	−0.45 **	0.09	0.40 **	0.10	0.36 *	0.17	−0.07	0.28 *	0.10	−0.20	−0.27	0.19
Dominant
Rib	−0.24	0.14	0.37 **	−0.03	0.20	−0.05	−0.37 **	0.13	−0.16	−0.04	−0.14	0.52 ***
Arm	−0.19	0.11	0.26	−0.06	0.17	0.31 *	-0.11	0.50 ***	0.18	−0.17	−0.23	0.47 **
Leg	−0.28 *	0.14	0.35 *	−0.09	0.25	0.18	−0.26	0.39 **	0.06	−0.16	−0.21	0.48 ***
Non-Dominant
Rib	−0.31 *	0.23	0.34 *	−0.05	0.29 *	0.07	−0.31 *	0.32 *	−0.02	−0.08	−0.19	0.43 **
Arm	−0.21	0.09	0.21	−0.05	0.16	0.33 *	−0.08	0.53 ***	0.21	−0.13	−0.24	0.44 **
Leg	−0.34 *	0.24	0.34 *	−0.08	0.24	0.19	−0.28 *	0.40 **	0.06	−0.19	−0.25	0.48 ***
Z-score	−0.11	0.02	0.24	0.07	0.18	−0.03	−0.18	0.06	−0.08	−0.24	−0.28 *	0.07
T-score	−0.45 **	0.05	0.37 **	0.01	0.30 *	0.08	−0.21	0.23	0.01	−0.19	−0.33 *	0.21

Note: Spearman rank order correlations highlighted in grey. Significant correlations are highlighted in bold (* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001). Abbreviations: BMI, Body Mass Index; FMI, Fat Mass Index.