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. 2022 Dec 20;13:1054048. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.1054048

Table 2.

The associations of FSH and blood lead levels with bone mineral density.

Models Total femur bone mineral density Lumbar spine bone mineral density
β 95% CI P β 95% CI P
Model 1
 FSH -0.0008 -0.0010~ -0.0006 < 0.001 -0.0009 -0.0012~ -0.0006 < 0.001
Model 2
 Blood lead levels -0.0364 -0.0810~ 0.0082 0.110 -0.0945 -0.2233~ 0.0342 0.150
Model 3
 FSH -0.0008 -0.0010~ -0.0006 < 0.001 -0.0009 -0.0012~ -0.0006 < 0.001
 Blood lead levels -0.0075 -0.0523~ 0.0373 0.742 0.0013 -0.1306~ 0.1331 0.985

FSH, follicle-stimulating hormone.

In all models, age, BMI, race, current smoking, current alcohol consumption, education levels, marital status, annual household income, history of hypertension, diabetes, and fractures, ever been pregnant, had at least one ovary removed, use of hormone therapy, and ever treated for osteoporosis were adjusted.