Table 6.

Correlations of inflammatory markers with bone health indicators across groups

	Spine BMD	Spine T-score	Hip BMD	Hip T-score	P1NP (ug/L)	CTX-1 (ug/L)	PTH (pmol/L)	25(OH)D3 (nmol/L)
IL-1β (pg/ml)	− 0.211*	−0.216*	− 0.181	− 0.154	0.010	− 0.049	− 0.027	0.092
IFN-α2 (pg/ml)	− 0.065	− 0.076	− 0.130	− 0.138	− 0.154	− 0.226*	0.062	0.051
IFN-γ (pg/ml)	−0.106	− 0.115	− 0.181	− 0.175	− 0.125	− 0.189	− 0.005	0.218*
TNF-α (pg/ml)	0.153	0.151	0.075	0.068	− 0.020	− 0.003	0.068	−0.067
MCP-1 (pg/ml)	0.049	0.035	−0.024	− 0.023	− 0.117	−0.124	0.013	0.287**
IL-6 (pg/ml)	−0.018	− 0.036	− 0.089	− 0.094	− 0.207	− 0.145	− 0.033	0.127
IL-8 (pg/ml)	−0.120	− 0.128	− 0.164	−0.155	0.039	−0.049	− 0.105	0.209
IL-10 (pg/ml)	−0.172	− 0.177	− 0.157	− 0.164	− 0.051	− 0.142	− 0.104	0.185
IL-12p70 (pg/ml)	−0.220*	− 0.227*	− 0.241*	− 0.250*	− 0.103	−0.192	− 0.148	0.195
IL-17A (pg/ml)	−0.182	− 0.189	− 0.123	− 0.092	− 0.009	−0.091	− 0.180	0.245*
IL-18 (pg/ml)	0.023	0.029	−0.069	− 0.075	− 0.160	−0.143	− 0.002	0.097
IL-23 (pg/ml)	−0.176	− 0.185	− 0.131	−0.090	− 0.026	−0.046	− 0.073	0.246*
IL-33 (pg/ml)	−0.098	−0.102	− 0.161	−0.167	− 0.026	−0.087	− 0.074	0.234*
CRP (μg/ml)	0.190	0.196	0.148	0.164	−0.253*	−0.223*	0.132	−0.132
Ferritin (μg/L)	0.190	0.228*	0.178	0.197	0.080	0.064	−0.156	0.024

* p < .05, **p < .01. IL Interleukin, IFN Interferon, TNF Tumour necrosis factor, MCP Monocyte chemoattractant protein, CRP C-reactive protein, BMD Bone mineral density. Significant values are in bold text