Table 4.
Correlations between age and adiposity and radial bone densitometry assessed by pQCT of Brazilian women living in England by age tertiles (n = 51) 1.
Bone Parameter | Age (Years) | Weight (kg) | BMI (kg/m2) | Body Fat (%) | ||||
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r Value | p Value | r Value | p Value | r Value | p Value | r Value | p Value | |
4% site | ||||||||
BMC (g/cm) | 0.186 | 0.191 | 0.323 | 0.021 | 0.317 | 0.024 | 0.118 | 0.386 |
vBMD (mg/cm3): | ||||||||
Total | −0.143 | 0.316 | −0.005 | 0.97 | −0.028 | 0.847 | 0.034 | 0.814 |
Trabecular | −0.007 | 0.962 | −0.118 | 0.41 | −0.112 | 0.435 | 0.085 | 0.551 |
66% site | ||||||||
BMC (g/cm) | 0.216 | 0.128 | 0.256 | 0.07 | 0.253 | 0.074 | −0.063 | 0.345 |
vBMD (mg/cm3): | ||||||||
Total | −0.213 | 0.134 | −0.335 | 0.016 | −0.330 | 0.018 | −0.159 | 0.266 |
Cortical | −0.223 | 0.116 | −0.313 | 0.025 | −0.309 | 0.027 | −0.122 | 0.393 |
1 Pearson’s correlation.