Associations of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Intake with Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women

Table 3

One-year nutrient associations with bone mineral density by hormone therapy using multiple regression analysis in postmenopausal women taking hormone therapy.

	HT+ ()
	Total body		Spine (L2–L4)		Ward’s triangle
	Std	val	Std	val	Std	val
Total fat	−0.464	0.006	−0.460	0.007	−0.341	0.040
Total PUFA	−0.241	0.040	−0.255	0.039	−0.274	0.011
Total n-6 FA	−0.231	0.060	−0.287	0.018	−0.285	0.017
Linoleic acid	−0.232	0.060	−0.260	0.017	−0.282	0.019
Total n-3 FA	−0.302	0.005	−0.260	0.017	−0.258	0.016
-Linolenic acid	−0.241	0.040	−0.460	0.007	−0.341	0.040

Note: women not taking HT had no significant associations with bone sites.