Table 6.
Analysis for Correlations Between Blood HDL-C and BMD and T-Score Stratified by Age, Gender and BMI (N = 440)
| Variables | BMD-Lunar Total Femur | T-Score for Lunar Total Femur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B 95% CI | Sβ | P | B 95% CI | Sβ | P | |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| ≤53 | −0.002 (−0.003, −0.001) | −0.226 | 0.001 | −0.015 (−0.023, −0.006) | −0.228 | 0.001 |
| >53 | −0.001 (−0.002, 0.001) | −0.087 | 0.230 | −0.006 (−0.017, 0.004) | −0.092 | 0.235 |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | −0.001 (−0.003, 0) | −0.144 | 0.061 | −0.10 (−0.20, 0) | −0.144 | 0.060 |
| Female | −0.001 (−0.002, 0) | −0.139 | 0.012 | −0.10 (−0.019, −0.002) | −0.138 | 0.013 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||
| <28 | 0 (−0.001, 0.001) | −0.028 | 0.699 | −0.001 (−0.010, 0.007) | −0.025 | 0.749 |
| ≥28 | −0.001 (−0.002, 0) | −0.130 | 0.031 | −0.010 (−0.018, −0.001) | −0.134 | 0.028 |
Note: Adjusted for age, gender, status of smoke, drink and exercise, disease history of heart disease, hypertension, TIA/stroke, anemia/other blood disease, diabetes, emphysema/COPD and cancer.
Abbreviations: BMD, bone mineral density; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; BMI, body mass index; UD, ultradistal; TIA, transient ischemic attacks; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.