. 2022 Nov 25;9:1050854. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2022.1050854

TABLE 2.

Correlations between bone scintigraphy quantitative measures and biological bone turnover markers of disease activity and scoliosis angle.

Spearman correlations (ρ, CI, p-value)	SUV_max	SUV_mean	SBS	SBS_SUV_max	SBS_SUV_mean
FGF-23	(0.28, –0.69–0.89, 0.585)	(0.29, –0.68–0.89, 0.581)	(0.81, –0.02–0.98, 0.053)	(0.91, 0.40–0.99, 0.010)	(0.91, 0.36–0.99, 0.013)
ALP	(0.01, –0.81–0.81, 0.994)	(0.01, –0.81–0.81, 0.997)	(0.79, –0.05–0.98, 0.060)	(0.82, 0.25–0.99, 0.020)	(0.88, 0.26–0.99, 0.019)
P1NP	(0.04, –0.73–0.77, 0.928)	(0.06, –0.73–0.77, 0.901)	(0.69, –0.14–0.95, 0.089)	(0.78, 0.06–0.97, 0.039)	(0.78, 0.07–0.97, 0.028)
CTX	(0.13, –0.85–0.91, 0.837)	(0.18, –0.84–0.92, 0.772)	(0.96, 0.50– 0.99, 0.010)	(0.99, 0.83–0.99, 0.002)	(0.99, 0.85–0.99, 0.001)
Scoliosis angle	(0.33, –0.56–0.87, 0.472)	(0.36, –0.52–0.88, 0.432)	(0.58, –0.31–0.93, 0.168)	(0.62, –0.25–0.94, 0.137)	(0.63, –0.24–0.94, 0.133)

CI, Confidence interval; SUV, Standard uptake value; SUVmax, maxium Standard Uptake Value; SUVmean, mean Standard Uptake Value; SBS, Skeletal Burden Score; SBS_SUVmax, SBS score multiplied by SUVmax; SBS_SUVmean, SBS score multiplied by SUVmean; FGF-23, Fibroblast growth factor 23; ALP, Alkaline phosphatase; P1NP, Procollagen 1 intact N-terminal propeptide; CTX, C-terminal telopeptide.