Table 2.

Correlation between bone mineral density and other variables.

Variables	Femoral Neck BMD		Lumbar BMD
Variables	r	p	r	p
Age	−0.01	0.04	−0.11	0.18
Body mass index	0.04	0.67	0.09	0.30
Waist circumference	−0.03	0.70	0.09	0.29
Waist-hip ratio	0.01	0.90	0.14	0.10
Systolic blood pressure	−0.02	0.78	−0.003	0.97
Diastolic blood pressure	−0.04	0.63	0.06	0.50
Fasting glucose	0.14	0.10	0.14	0.08
Fasting insulin	0.01	0.92	−0.03	0.72
HOMA-IR	0.06	0.44	0.01	0.90
Total cholesterol	0.06	0.49	0.03	0.72
Triglyceride^*	−0.08	0.36	0.01	0.95
HDL-cholesterol	0.09	0.26	0.07	0.43
LDL-cholesterol	0.07	0.37	0.01	0.95
hsCRP	−0.09	0.26	−0.01	0.86
Adiponectin^*	−0.22	0.01	−0.05	0.52
Homocysteine^*	0.06	0.46	−0.14	0.10
25-OH vitamin D	0.32	< 0.0001	−0.07	0.41
Osteocalcin	−0.31	0.0001	−0.14	0.10

Coefficients (r) and p values calculated by Pearson correlation method.
↵* Log-transformation to improve distribution. HOMA-IR: homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; hsCRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein.