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. 2020 Jun 5;12(6):1683. doi: 10.3390/nu12061683

Table 2.

Determinants of bone mineral density (BMD) using multivariable stepwise linear regression analysis.

BMD Multivariate (Stepwise)
Unstandardized coefficient β (95% CI) p
Lumbar spine BMD
 Age (per 1 year) −0.017 (−0.025, −0.008) <0.001
 GNRI (per 1 score) 0.009 (0.000, 0.018) 0.040
Femoral neck BMD
 Age (per 1 year) −0.013 (−0.018, −0.008) <0.001
 ASM/height2 (per 1 kg/m2) 0.072 (0.014, 0.130) 0.015
 Vitamin D (log per 1 nmol/L) 0.271 (0.029, 0.512) 0.029
Total hip BMD
 Age (per 1 year) −0.011 (−0.017, −0.006) <0.001
 Vitamin D (log per 1 nmol/L) 0.285 (0.031, 0.539) 0.029
 Bone ALP (log per 1 ug/L) −0.304 (−0.534, −0.075) 0.011
 IGF-1 (log per 1 ng/mL) 0.294 (0.004, 0.584) 0.047

Adjusting for age, a history of thyroid cancer, log-transformed menopausal years, GNRI, ASM/height2, eGFR, total calcium, log-transformed TSH, log-transformed free T4, log-transformed T3, log-transformed PTH, log-transformed vitamin D, log-transformed bone ALP, log-transformed CTx, log-transformed FSH, log-transformed estradiol, log-transformed cortisol, log-transformed IGF-1, log-transformed testosterone, log-transformed thyroglobulin, log-transformed microsomal Ab and log-transformed thyroglobulin Ab. Abbreviations are same as Table 1.