Bone Mineral Density in Spinal Cord Injury: An Evaluation of the Distal Femur : Table 4

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
Total mass (g)		0.40	0.43	0.06	0.17
% lean mass IILB*		0.47	0.60	0.91	—
% lean mass IILB*		0.05	0.07	0.00	—

Patient

Total mass (g)		−0.23	−0.14	−0.04	0.20
Total mass (g)		0.22	0.46	0.80	0.31
% lean mass IILB*		0.41	0.15	0.54	—
% lean mass IILB*		0.02	0.44	0.22	—

*lean mass IILB: % lean mass inferior limbs.