Research Article
Bone Mineral Density as a Predictor of Atherogenic Indexes of Cardiovascular Disease, Especially in Nonobese Adults
Table 3
Simple linear regression for the data analysis: correlation between possible confounding parameters and BMDs by simple regression analysis.
| | L-spine BMD | Right neck BMD | Right total BMD | Left neck BMD | Left total BMD | | | | | | | | | | |
| Age | -0.118 | <0.001 | -0.335 | <0.001 | -0.151 | <0.001 | -0.328 | <0.001 | -0.131 | <0.001 | Sex (, ) | 0.321 | <0.001 | 0.318 | <0.001 | 0.431 | <0.001 | 0.323 | <0.001 | 0.427 | <0.001 | BMI | 0.327 | <0.001 | 0.336 | <0.001 | 0.380 | <0.001 | 0.343 | <0.001 | 0.395 | <0.001 | SBP | 0.076 | <0.001 | 0.024 | 0.166 | 0.134 | <0.001 | 0.026 | 0.133 | 0.130 | <0.001 | Glucose | 0.059 | 0.001 | -0.017 | 0.342 | 0.037 | 0.034 | -0.004 | 0.801 | 0.052 | 0.003 | Cre | 0.161 | <0.001 | 0.105 | <0.001 | 0.179 | <0.001 | 0.117 | <0.001 | 0.180 | <0.001 | Hb | 0.183 | <0.001 | 0.248 | <0.001 | 0.303 | <0.001 | 0.252 | <0.001 | 0.291 | <0.001 | Smoking | 0.076 | <0.001 | 0.115 | <0.001 | 0.081 | <0.001 | 0.110 | <0.001 | 0.073 | <0.001 | Exercise | 0.022 | 0.214 | -0.013 | 0.460 | 0.021 | 0.228 | -0.013 | 0.462 | 0.035 | 0.043 | Vegetarian | -0.164 | <0.001 | -0.156 | <0.001 | -0.123 | <0.001 | -0.170 | <0.001 | -0.117 | <0.001 |
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Values in bold represent significant values ( ), and values in italic represent negative correlation. BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; Cre: creatinine; Hb: hemoglobin. |