Relationship between Serum Total Cholesterol Level and Serum Biochemical Bone Turnover Markers in Healthy Pre- and Postmenopausal Women

Table 2

Stepwise multiple logistic regression analysis to assess the association between bone mineral density as a dependent variable and other covariables based on menopausal status.

Variable	Odds ratio	95% confidential interval	𝑃 value
Premenopause
BMI	0.817	0.756–0.884	0.001
TC	1.647	1.190–2.279	<0.05
Osteocalcin	1.044	1.002–1.088	<0.05
Postmenopause
Age	1.094	1.064–1.126	<0.001
BMI	0.882	0.826–0.942	<0.001
TC	0.649	0.521–0.809	<0.001
CTX	1.001	1.000–1.002	<0.05

Analyzed independent variables: age, BMI, TC, hsCRP, CTX, and osteocalcin.
See Table 1.