Table 3.

Correlations between serum ucOC level with BMD and BTMs.

Variables	Men (n = 431)		Women (n = 469)
	r	p	r	p
Lumbar spine BMD (g/cm2)	−0.128	0.013	−0.321	<0.001
Femoral neck BMD (g/cm2)	−0.095	0.062	−0.260	<0.001
Total hip BMD (g/cm2)	−0.123	0.015	−0.209	<0.001
P1NP (ng/ml)	0.307	<0.001	0.239	<0.001
β-CTX (ng/ml)	0.169	0.001	0.354	<0.001

Adjusted for age, BMI, Cr, and 25OHD, and significant values (p < 0.05) are presented in bold.

BMD, bone mineral density; P1NP, procollagen type 1 N-propeptide; β-CrossLaps of type I collagen-containing cross-linked C-telopeptide.