Similarities and Differences in Bone Mineral Density between Multiple Sites in the Same Individual: An Elderly Cadaveric Study

Table 5

Partial correlation coefficients calculated from the bone mineral density (BMD) of each site.

	Skull	Clavicle	Lumbar vertebra	Femoral neck
All individuals
Clavicle	0.327
Lumbar vertebra	0.295	n.s.
Femoral neck	n.s.	n.s.	0.519
Femoral diaphysis	n.s.	0.354	n.s.	n.s.
Men
Clavicle	n.s.
Lumbar vertebra	n.s.	n.s.
Femoral neck	n.s.	n.s.	0.688
Femoral diaphysis	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
Women
Clavicle	0.484
Lumbar vertebra	0.392	n.s.
Femoral neck	n.s.	n.s.	n.s.
Femoral diaphysis	n.s.	0.559	n.s.	n.s.

The numbers indicate partial correlation coefficient. ; n.s.: not significant.A.