Table 3.

Pearson correlation coefficients of femoral neck BMD, femoral neck L_max and other parameters

Parameters		Femoral neck BMD	Femoral neck Lmax	OC	PINP	CTX	COL-I
Femoral neck Lmax	r	0.655
	P	< 0.0001
OC	r	-0.352	-0.435
	P	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
PINP	r	-0.301	-0.353	0.349
	P	0.002	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
CTX	r	-0.531	-0.660	0.394	0.497
	P	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001
COL-I	r	0.402	0.527	-0.246	-0.259	-0.401
	P	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	0.010	0.007	< 0.0001
OPN	r	-0.481	-0.644	0.419	0.355	0.487	-0.415
	P	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001

CTX C-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen, PINP type I procollagen N-terminal propeptide, OC osteocalcin, OPN osteopontin, COL- I type I collagen