Table 4. Table 4. Correlations between homocysteine. bone mineral density. demographics and measured analytes .
Homocysteine |
Vitamine D |
Folates |
B12 |
OC |
Age |
BMI |
YSM |
|
Vitamin D in ng/mL [VitD] |
-0.027 |
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Folates [mg/L] [Fol] |
0.034 |
0.002 |
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Vitamin B12 [pg/ml] [B12] |
-0.198 * |
-0.053 |
0.061 |
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Osteocalcin [μg/l][OC] |
0.056 |
0.047 |
-0.147 |
0.093 |
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Age in years |
0.206* |
0.1 |
-0.062 |
0.08 |
0.069 |
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Body mass index in Kg/m 2 : m [SD][BMI] |
-0.133 |
0.044 |
0.108 |
-0.018 |
-0.175 |
-0.068 |
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Years since menopause[ YSM] |
0.118 |
-0.086 |
-0.086 |
0.054 |
0.07 |
0.522 ** |
-0.092 |
|
Lumbar Spine BMD in g/cm2 |
0.014 |
-0.056 |
0.021 |
0-.066 |
-0.116 |
-0.169 |
0.363 ** |
-0.240 ** |
Lumbar spine BMD [LS] T-score |
0.003 |
-0.05 |
0.001 |
-0.004 |
-0.03 |
-0.190 * |
0.379 ** |
-0.287 ** |
Total hip [TH]BMD in g/cm2 |
-0.094 |
-0.101 |
0.044 |
0.024 |
-0.159 |
-0.353 ** |
0.352 ** |
-0.327 ** |
Total hip BMD [TH] T-score |
-0.119 |
-0.111 |
0.042 |
0.019 |
-0.136 |
-0.365 ** |
0.330 ** |
-0.349 ** |
** Correlation is significant at the <0.01 level [bilateral].
* Correlation is significant at the <0.05 level [bilateral].
B12: vitamin B12; BM: Body mass index; YSM: Years since menopause