Table 2.

Bivariate and partial correlations between pentosidine and cortical bone measures in otherwise healthy children

	Unadjusted		Race, sex, maturation, & height-adjusted		Race, sex, maturation, height, & MCSA-adjusted
	r	P	r	P	r	P
Tibia
MCSA	0.147	0.068	0.219	0.007
Ct.vBMD	−0.215	0.008	−0.088	0.290	−0.053	0.525
Ct.BMC	−0.240	0.003	−0.054	0.516	−0.176	0.033
Tt.Ar	−0.065	0.426	0.150	0.069	0.055	0.509
Ct.Ar	−0.207	0.011	−0.037	0.659	−0.174	0.035
Ct.Th	−0.292	<0.001	−0.178	0.030	−0.227	0.006
Peri.Circ	−0.059	0.473	0.168	0.042	0.078	0.346
Endo.Circ	0.072	0.379	0.217	0.008	0.164	0.048
pSSI	−0.164	0.043	0.058	0.484	−0.071	0.394
Radius
MCSA	−0.025	0.758	0.174	0.031
Ct.vBMD	−0.249	0.002	−0.111	0.178	−0.077	0.350
Ct.BMC	−0.252	0.002	−0.015	0.860	−0.064	0.436
Tt.Ar	−0.042	0.602	0.077	0.351	0.002	0.980
Ct.Ar	−0.230	0.004	0.004	0.963	−0.062	0.450
Ct.Th	−0.327	<0.001	−0.089	0.277	−0.090	0.276
Peri.Circ	−0.038	0.636	0.087	0.289	0.015	0.857
Endo.Circ	0.164	0.042	0.112	0.174	0.061	0.462
pSSI	−0.141	0.080	0.040	0.631	−0.045	0.590

MCSA, muscle cross-sectional area; Ct.vBMD, cortical volumetric bone mineral density; Ct.BMC, cortical bone mineral content; Tt.Ar, total bone area; Ct.Ar, cortical bone area; Ct.Th, cortical thickness; Peri.Circ, periosteal circumference; Endo.Circ, endosteal circumference; pSSI, polar strength strain index