Table 8.

Partial correlations of inflammatory markers with bone health indicators adjusting for age and height

	Spine BMC	Spine BMD	Spine T-score	Hip BMC	Hip BMD	Hip T-score	P1NP (ug/L)	CTX-1 (ug/L)	PTH (pmol/L)	25(OH)D3 (nmol/L)
IL-1β (pg/ml)	−0.224*	− 0.221*	− 0.229*	− 0.209	− 0.264*	− 0.238*	0.000	− 0.079	− 0.054	0.106
IFN-α2 (pg/ml)	−0.015	− 0.031	− 0.044	− 0.072	− 0.109	− 0.121	− 0.198	− 0.238*	0.057	0.058
IFN-γ (pg/ml)	− 0.111	− 0.117	− 0.129	− 0.203	− 0.260*	−0.258*	− 0.158	− 0.245*	− 0.020	0.220*
TNF-α (pg/ml)	0.182	0.157	0.154	0.073	0.050	0.039	−0.047	− 0.050	0.073	− 0.155
MCP-1 (pg/ml)	0.004	0.022	0.005	−0.015	− 0.072	− 0.070	− 0.125	− 0.200	0.029	0.267*
IL-6 (pg/ml)	−0.120	0.000	−0.022	− 0.075	− 0.123	− 0.133	− 0.222*	− 0.156	− 0.067	0.165
IL-8 (pg/ml)	−0.089	− 0.118	− 0.128	−0.194	− 0.258*	− 0.253*	− 0.024	− 0.121	− 0.131	0.223*
IL-10 (pg/ml)	− 0.173	− 0.166	− 0.174	− 0.229*	− 0.232*	− 0.244*	− 0.067	− 0.169	− 0.141	0.225*
IL-12p70 (pg/ml)	−0.257*	− 0.226*	− 0.234*	− 0.338**	− 0.331**	− 0.344**	− 0.152	− 0.236*	− 0.173	0.222*
IL-17A (pg/ml)	−0.197	− 0.188	− 0.198	− 0.248*	− 0.220	−0.186	− 0.082	−0.156	− 0.205	0.278*
IL-18 (pg/ml)	0.087	0.040	0.046	−0.019	−0.116	− 0.125	− 0.205	− 0.216	−0.018	0.117
IL-23 (pg/ml)	−0.193	−0.178	− 0.190	−0.248*	− 0.217	−0.172	− 0.117	− 0.125	− 0.087	0.257*
IL-33 (pg/ml)	−0.094	− 0.096	− 0.101	−0.187	− 0.213	−0.223*	− 0.039	−0.112	− 0.092	0.253*
CRP (μg/ml)	0.142	0.171	0.177	0.061	0.137	0.157	−0.233*	−0.216	0.127	−0.105
Ferritin (μg/L)	0.182	0.182	0.223*	0.261*	0.197	0.218	0.066	0.041	−0.145	−0.027

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