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Table 5 Pearson’s correlation between clinical, anthropometric, biological and BMD

From: Mineral bone disorder and osteoporosis in hemodialysis patients

 

BMD L

BMD TH

BMD FN

BMD FA

BMD TB

Age

−0.134

−0.289**

− 0212*

− 0.290**

− 0.190

Duration of dialysis

0.072

− 0.021

− 0.060

0.016

− 0.121

BMI

0.073

−0.082

− 0.020

− 0.095

0.014

Albumin

0.057

−0.05

−0.111

− 0.131

−0.027

TAP

−0.083

−0.144

− 0.109

−0.294**

− 0.277**

PTH

−0.140

− 0.275**

−0.232*

− 0.326**

−0.343***

Vitamin D

−0.004

0.239*

0.216*

0.142

0.091

bAP

−0.122

−0.176

0.182

−0.299**

− 0.353***

CTX

0.022

−0.055

−0.071

− 0.260*

−0.206

FGF 23

−0.670

−0.149

− 0.780

−0.054

− 0.08

  1. Date are presented as the r value in Pearson’s correlation test * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001. BMD Body mass density, L Lumbar spine, TH Total hip, FN Femoral Neck, FA Forearms, TB Total Body, PTH Parathyroid hormone, bAP bone alkaline phosphatase, CTX C-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen, FGF 23 Fibroblast growth factor 23