Clinical Study
Bone Mineral Density in Spinal Cord Injury: An Evaluation of the Distal Femur
Table 4
Correlation between BMD and total mass (g) and % lean inferior limbs.
| Variable | | BMD DF | BMD TF | BMD FN | BMD LS |
| Control |
| Total mass (g) | | −0.21 | 0.19 | 0.46 | 0.33 | | 0.40 | 0.43 | 0.06 | 0.17 | % lean mass IILB* | | 0.47 | 0.60 | 0.91 | — | | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.00 | — |
| Patient |
| Total mass (g) | | −0.23 | −0.14 | −0.04 | 0.20 | | 0.22 | 0.46 | 0.80 | 0.31 | % lean mass IILB* | | 0.41 | 0.15 | 0.54 | — | | 0.02 | 0.44 | 0.22 | — |
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*lean mass IILB: % lean mass inferior limbs.
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