Table 4.

Spearman correlations between changes in bone metabolic parameters and changes in possible influencing variables

	ΔPINP		Δβ-Crosslaps		ΔPTH		Δ25(OH) VitD
	r	p	r	p	r	p	r	p
ΔFat body mass	− 0.004	0.982	0.256	0.181	− 0.176	0.345	− 0.022	0.905
ΔLean body mass	0.418 *	0.012	− 0.047	0.810	− 0.178	0.339	− 0.134	0.472
ΔCalcium intake	− 0.116	0.535	− 0.057	0.769	− 0.073	0.695	− 0.024	0.898
WL velocity	0.253	0.177	0.114	0.564	− 0.002	0.991	0.032	0.867
ΔIL1-β	− 0.081	0.670	0.002	0.991	0.242	0.198	− 0.232	0.218
ΔIL2	− 0.086	0.653	− 0.037	0.853	− 0.123	0.517	0.389 *	0.027
ΔIL6	0.178	0.347	− 0.053	0.788	0.238	0.205	0.039	0.836
ΔIL8	− 0.128	0.500	− 0.022	0.911	0.108	0.570	− 0.206	0.276
ΔIL10	− 0.083	0.663	− 0.016	0.935	0.143	0.449	− 0.063	0.743
ΔTNF-α	− 0.242	0.197	0.235	0.229	0.366*	0.047	0.038	0.840
ΔLeptin	0.181	0.338	0.067	0.735	0.087	0.649	− 0.077	0.687
ΔAdiponectin	− 0.015	0.936	− 0.136	0.491	− 0.145	0.445	− 0.202	0.285
ΔGhrelin	− 0.374*	0.023	0.018	0.927	0.13	0.495	− 0.409*	0.017

Δ variables were calculated via subtracting values at baseline from values assessed after 10% weight loss. Spearman correlation coefficients were computed to explore the correlations between 2 variables

WL weight loss

*p < 0.05