Bone Mineral Density in the Noninstitutionalized Elderly: Influence of Sociodemographic and Anthropometric Factors

Table 4

Linear regression coefficients (brute and adjusted) for bone mineral density according to sociodemographic, lifestyle, anthropometric, and body composition variables, in elderly men. Goiânia, GO, 2009. .

Variables		value^#	Hierarchic multivariate analysis
				-value^#
1st level					0.29
Age
60–64	1.00		1.00
65–69		0.355		0.323
70–74		0.323		0.520
75–79		0.274		0.320
Over 80		0.013		0.012
Years of school
0–4		0.009		0.018
5–7		0.008		0.005
Over 8	1.000	—	1.00
2nd level					0.44
Use of tobacco
Nonsmoker	1.000		1.000
Ex-smoker		0.470	0.004	0.896
Smoker		0.063		0.221
BMI (WHO)
Low weight		0.299		0.400
Eutrophic		0.001		0.003
Overweight		0.461		0.376
Obese	1.00	—	1.00	—
BMI (Lipschitz)
Low weight		0.000		0.002
Eutrophic		0.004		0.110
Overweight	1.00	—	1.00	—
BFP
Adequate		0.185	0.488	0.246
Augmented	1.000	—	1.000
WC
Adequate		0.007		0.720
Enlarged		0.116		0.718
Very enlarged	1.000	—	1.000
WHR
No risk for CNTD	0.064	0.158	0.059	0.316
At risk for CNTD	1.000	—	1.000

Due to loss of statistical significance, was not maintained in the final model of multivariate linear regression ().
^#Linear regression test.
^‡Adjusted by age and years of school (education level).