Effect of Qing’e Decoction on Leptin/Leptin Receptor and Bone Metabolism in Naturally Aging Rats

Table 1

Correlation analysis of LEP, LEP-R, and bone metabolism markers.

	BMD	E2	T	OPG	RANKL	Cbfa1	Col-I	OC	BALP	TRACP-5b
LEP	0.136	−0.480	−0.170	−0.405	−0.442	−0.407	−0.330	−0.198	−0.095	−0.058
LEP-R	0.132	0.744	0.738	0.840	0.540	0.793	0.808	0.224	0.580	0.242

Significant correlation at 0.01 level (bilateral), Significant correlation at 0.05 level (bilateral). BMD: bone mineral density, E2: estradiol, T: testosterone, OPG: osteoporogeterin, RANKL: receptor activator of nuclear factor-κ B ligand, Cbfa-1: core-binding factor subunit alpha-1,COL-1: collagen?, OC: osteocalcin, BALP: bone alkaline phosphotase, TRACP-5b: tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase 5b.