Table 3.

Selected correlations between sclerostin and inflammatory and bone formation markers

	Sclerostin	ALP	β-CTx	TP1NP	Osteocalcin
Age	τ = 0.069 p = 0.21	τ = 0.008; p = 0.89	τ = − 0.231; p < 0.001	τ = − 0.288; p < 0.001	τ = − 0.291; p < 0.001
BMI	τ = 0.069 p = 0.22	τ = − 0.08; p = 0.20	τ = − 0.103; p = 0.06	τ = − 0.037; p = 0.65	τ = − 0.162; p = 0.05
kT/V	τ = − 0.101; p = 0.07	τ = 0.091; p = 0.12	τ = 0.096; p = 0.08	τ = 0.219; p = 0.007	τ = 0.258; p = 0.001
Phosphorus	τ = 0.148; p = 0.01	τ = − 0.018; p = 0.76	τ = 0.195; p < 0.001	τ = 0.262; p = 0.001	τ = 0.363; p < 0.001
Calcium	τ = − 0.022; p = 0.70	τ = − 0.149; p = 0.01	τ = − 0.004; p = 0.94	τ = − 0.022; p = 0.79	τ = 0.044; p = 0.59
PTH	τ = − 0.255; p < 0.001	τ = 0.154; p = 0.009	τ = 0.402;p < 0.001	τ = 0.389; p < 0.001	τ = 0.456; p < 0.001
cFGF23	τ = 0.170; p = 0.002	τ = − 0.073; p = 0.22	τ = 0.198; p < 0.001	τ = 0.139; p = 0.01	τ = 0.263; p < 0.001
25-OH-D	τ = 0.204; p < 0.001	τ = − 0.157; p = 0.008	τ = 0.066; p = 0.23	τ = 0.009; p = 0.91	τ = 0.268; p < 0.001
Osteocalcin	τ = − 0.004; p = 0.93	τ = 0.127; p = 0.03	τ = 0.400; p < 0.001	τ = 0.667; p < 0.001
TP1NP	τ = − 0.080; p = 0.15	τ = 0.278; p < 0.001	τ = 0.428; p < 0.001		τ = 0.667; p < 0.001
β-CTx	τ = − 0.099; p = 0.05	τ = 0.310; p < 0.001		τ = 0.584; p < 0.001	τ = 0.400; p < 0.001
ALP	τ = − 0.203; p < 0.001		τ = 0.310; p < 0.001	τ = 0.278; p < 0.001	τ = 0.127; p = 0.03
Hs-CRP	τ = 0.007; p = 0.92	τ = 0.012; p = 0.83	τ = − 0.019; p = 0.73	τ = − 0.052; p = 0.53	τ = − 0.085; p = 0.30
Interleukin-6	τ = − 0.201; p < 0.001	τ = 0.046; p = 0.43	τ = − 0.009; p = 0.87	τ = 0.064; p = 0.44	τ = − 0.147; p = 0.07
TNF-α	τ = 0.183; p < 0.001	τ = − 0.156; p = 0.008	τ = − 0.036; p = 0.51	τ = − 0.009; p = 0.92	τ = 0.141; p = 0.08