Body Composition in Adult Patients with Thalassemia Major

Table 5

Correlation between lean body mass and calcium hormones.

Group	Gender	Calcitonin	Osteocalcin	PTH	IGF-1	25-OH vitamin D
Patients	Male	0.02 ( = 0.92)	0.10 ( = 0.63)	0.05 ( = 0.81)	0.00 ( = 0.98)	−0.27 ( = 0.17)
	Female	0.00 ( = 0.95)	−0.07 ( = 0.66)	0.11 ( = 0.52)	−0.0 ( = 0.57)	−0.26 ( = 0.12)
Controls	Male	−0.67 ( = 0.21)	0.67 ( = 0.21)	0.37 ( = 0.53)	0.31 ( = 0.60)	0.38 ( = 0.52)
	Female	−0.55 ( = 0.10)	−0.05 ( = 0.9)	0.25 ( = 0.48)	−0.05 ( = 0.87)	0.32 ( = 0.35)