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. 2022 Sep 24;8(3):112–122. doi: 10.1016/j.afos.2022.09.002

Table 3.

Correlations between CT attenuation at different bony sites and DXA/clinical/demographic measurements.

Variable Calcaneus Talus Navicular Cuboid Lateral cuneiform Intermediate cuneiform Medial cuneiform
L1-L4 BMD 0.37
∗∗∗
0.31
∗∗∗
0.30
∗∗∗
0.20
0.25
∗∗∗
0.21
∗∗
0.27
∗∗∗
L1-L4 BMD T-score 0.36
∗∗∗
0.32
∗∗∗
0.30
∗∗∗
0.18
0.27
∗∗∗
0.20
∗∗
0.25
∗∗
L1-L4 TBS (N = 81) 0.21 0.12 0.09 0.18 0.16 0.11 0.22
Femoral neck BMD 0.39
∗∗∗
0.36
∗∗∗
0.35
∗∗∗
0.24
∗∗
0.26
∗∗∗
0.31
∗∗∗
0.33
∗∗∗
Femoral neck BMD T-score 0.41
∗∗∗
0.43
∗∗∗
0.41
∗∗∗
0.28
∗∗∗
0.37
∗∗∗
0.37
∗∗∗
0.35
∗∗∗
Total hip BMD 0.56
∗∗∗
0.53
∗∗∗
0.47
∗∗∗
0.40
∗∗∗
0.46
∗∗∗
0.42
∗∗∗
0.43
∗∗∗
Total hip BMD T-score 0.54
∗∗∗
0.52
∗∗∗
0.46
∗∗∗
0.41
∗∗∗
0.47
∗∗∗
0.41
∗∗∗
0.41
∗∗∗
Age 0.03 −0.11 −0.06 −0.04 −0.02 −0.11 −0.06
Height 0.05 0.13 0.08 0.13 0.10 0.19
0.13
Weight 0.22
∗∗
0.20
0.22
∗∗
0.17
0.14 0.13 0.11
BMI 0.20
0.15 0.18
0.12 0.11 0.05 0.06

∗∗∗ P-value < 0.001.

∗∗ 0.001 ≤ P-value < 0.01.

∗ 0.01 ≤ P-value < 0.05.

TBS – trabecular bone score.