. 2019 Dec 9;19:239. doi: 10.1186/s12890-019-1008-2

Table 3.

Spearman correlation coefficients between lung function, bone density, and blood parameters in males (lower left part table, n = 499) and females (upper right part table in gray, n = 525), respectively

	FVC	FEV₁	FEV₁/ FVC	BMD at wrist	BMD T-Scores	BMD Z-Scores	Age	Height	Weight	BMI	BFP	WBC	Hemoglobin	Eosinophils
FVC		0.976^**	0.700^**	0.322^**	0.290^**	−0.285^**	−0.718^**	0.726^**	0.191^**	−0.136^**	− 0.432^**	− 0.114^**	− 0.155^**	−0.139^**
FEV₁	0.946^**		0.803^**	0.333^**	0.301^**	−0.318^**	− 0.778^**	0.721^**	0.184^**	−0.146^**	− 0.452^**	− 0.130^**	− 0.159^**	− 0.148^**
FEV₁/FVC	0.348^*	0.588^**		0.335^**	0.327^**	−0.324^**	−0.833^**	0.466^**	0.114^**	−0.114^**	−0.413^**	− 0.155^**	−0.179^**	− 0.146^**
BMD at wrist	0.256^**	0.304^**	0.252^**		0.972^**	0.577^**	−0.371^**	0.173^**	0.542^**	0.482^**	0.095^**	0.080	−0.025	− 0.021
BMD T-Scores	0.226^**	0.269^**	0.259^**	0.955^**		0.618^**	−0.359^**	0.151^**	0.539^**	0.495^**	0.126^**	0.095^*	−0.032	−0.022
BMD Z-Scores	−0.141^**	−0.172^**	− 0.169^**	0.740^**	0.805^**		− 0.419^**	0.025	0.507^**	0.562^**	0.493^**	0.202^**	0.115^**	0.168^**
Age	−0.636^**	− 0.789^**	− 0.787^**	− 0.297^**	−0.286^**	0.251^**		−0.223^**	−0.024	0.101^**	0.447^**	0.138^**	0.200^**	0.196^**
Height	0.725^**	0.743^**	0.340^**	0.214^**	0.190^**	0.017	−0.297^**		0.335^**	−0.117^**	− 0.236^**	− 0.065	− 0.043	−0.027
Weight	0.354^**	0.401^**	0.258^**	0.614^**	0.582^**	0.442^**	−0.215^**	0.516^**		0.855^**	0.561^**	0.084	0.027	0.112^**
BMI	−0.099	0.045	0.132^**	0.590^**	0.574^**	0.514^**	−0.087	0.034	0.844^**		0.718^**	0.133^**	0.038	0.130^**
BFP	−0.152^**	− 0.145^**	−0.074	0.234^**	0.253^**	0.367^**	0.183^**	0.033	0.591^**	0.687^**		0.198^**	0.192^**	0.152^**
WBC	0.067	0.070	0.052^**	0.012	−0.023	−0.023	−0.005	0.112^**	0.134^**	0.090^*	0.124^**		0.172^**	0.226^**
Hemoglobin	0.184^**	0.218^**	0.209^**	0.087	0.066	−0.061	−0.221^**	0.145^**	0.160^**	0.083	0.094^**	0.168^**		0.123^**
Eosinophils	0.109^*	0.107^**	0.017	−0.009	−0.024	−0.047	− 0.037	0.116^**	0.078^#	0.022	0.048	0.304^**	0.031

The lower left part of the table is based on data of males; The upper right part of the table is based on data of females. Abbreviation, FVC: forced vital capacity; FEV₁: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; BMD: Bone Mineral Density; BMI: body mass index; BFP: Body Fat Percentage; WBC: White blood cell count. ^#: 0.05 < p < 0.10; ^*: p < 0.05, ^**: p < 0.01